Table 1 SCOTS identified Photorhabdus temperata genes induced upon infection of the white grub Rhizotrogus majalis.

Cell struture

skp-Putative outer membrane protein (Photorhabdus luminescens, plu0681)

91/98

165

1E-11

fliA-Flagella biosynthesis sigma factor (P. luminescens, plu1955)

98/100

150

8E-20

Regulation

cpxR-Response regulator (P. luminescens, plu4794)

100/100

105

1E-14

lysR-Transcriptional activator protein (P. luminescens, plu1190)

90/96

210

7E-30

phoP-Response regulator (P. luminescens, plu2807)

95/98

444

1E-89

Virulence

fhaC-Putative hemolysin secretion protein (P. luminescens, plu3065)

96/96

90

1E-09

sctL-Putative type III secretion system (P. luminescens, plu3787)

89/92

341

3E-50

pmt1-Similar to macrophage toxin Pmt1 (P. luminescens, plu0359)

92/92

78

2E-5

pplA-Putative phospholipase A (P. luminescens, plu3370)

100/100

105

6E-16

tcaC-Insecticidal toxin complex (P. luminescens, plu0515)

91/94

102

5E-21

toxC-Putative insecticidal toxin (P. luminescens, plu4092)

96/96

82

8E-09

virB-Putative plasmid-related protein (Serratia proteamaculans, Spro_4169)

74/86

201

3E-24

Stress response

gshB-Glutathione synthetase (Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, YPTS_3340)

100/100

94

1E-11

dnaK-Heat shock protein (Vibrio cholerae, VC0395_A0382)

98/100

141

1E-17

surA-Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (P. luminescens, plu0611)

90/93

195

3e-26

uspB-Universal stress protein (Escherichia coli, ECH74115_4840)

83/95

119

1E-10

dnaB-Replicative DNA helicase (P. luminescens, plu4359)

99/100

306

4E-48

ptIS-Putative IS4-family transposase (Shewanella denitrificans, Sden_1127)

61/76

210

1E-20

rpoB-DNA-directed RNA polymerase beta subunit (P. luminescens, plu0439)

93/98

159

3E-21

topA-DNA topoisomerase I (P. luminescens, plu2435)

88/97

104

7E-14

Metabolism

- Amino acid synthesis

cysK-Cysteine synthase A/O-acetylserine sulfhydrolase A (P. luminescens, plu1395)

96/99

201

1E-20

- Amino acid metabolism

selD-Selenophosphate synthetase (P. luminescens, plu2551)

90/95

291

1E-43

- Amino acid tRNA synthesis

def-Peptide deformylase/N-formylmethionylaminoacyl-tRNA deformylase (P. luminescens, plu4695)

94/97

201

2E-27

- Cofactor biosynthesis

bioB-Biotin synthetase (P. luminescens, plu1485)

100/100

90

3E-9

- Energy metabolism

cyoB-Copper-type cytochrome O ubiquinol oxidase subunit I (Yersinia enterocolitica, YE3142)

95/100

180

5E-28

yncB-NADPH: quinone reductase and related Zn-dependent oxidoreductases (E. coli, EFER_3231)

77/91

159

8E-18

- Fatty acid synthesis

fabA-Beta-ketoacyl synthase (Saccharopolyspora erythraea; SACE_0023)

44/63

237

9E-18

- Glucose metabolism

kdgK-2-dehydro-3-deoxygluconokinase (P. luminescens, plu0177)

81/92

111

7E-13

- Nucleotide synthesis

purH-Bifunctional phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase/IMP cyclohydrolase (P. luminescens, plu0495)

86/92

213

6E-28

- Protein synthesis

glnD-PII uridylyl-transferase (P. luminescens, plu0670)

98/100

144

1E-21

lspA-Signal peptidase II (P. luminescens, plu0592)

35/36

110

3E-14

- Protein folding

trxA-Thioredoxin (Vibrio fischeri, VF_2461)

83/98

159

4E-18

- TCA cycle

pckA-Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (P. luminescens, plu0100)

93/97

300

9E-48

Nutrition

- Amino acid acquisition

artM-Putative ABC amino acid transport system (Yersinia pestis; YPDSF_3926)

86/95

168

2E-20

- Ion uptake

pchC-Putative pyochelin siderophore biosynthetase (Y. pseudotuberculosis, YpsIP31758_0684)

70/78

216

3E-26

- Importing system

tolB-Periplasmic component of the Tol biopolymer transport system (P. luminescens, plu1455)

96/99

213

8E-33

Unknown

ptst1-Hypothetical protein (P. luminescens, plu3488)

91/97

190

5E-11

ptst2-Hypothetical protein (P. luminescens, plu2670)

75/85

177

1E-16

ptst3-No similarity to known genes

ptst4-No similarity to known genes