Table 6 Manually curated competence genes
RQ7 | Gene namea | Putative function | Tn | Tm | RQ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DNA uptake and translocation | |||||
 TRQ7_00110 | pilZ (Pa, Vc) | CTN_1670 | TM0905 | TRQ2_0022 | |
 TRQ7_00455 | pilB (Pa, Vc) | Type II secretion system (T2SS), Type IV fimbrial assembly NTPase [57,58,59] | CTN_1739 | TM0837 | TRQ2_0090 |
 TRQ7_01410  TRQ7_04530  TRQ7_08710 | pilQ (Nm, Tt) | Secretin, forms gated channel for extrusion of assembled pilin [60,61,62] | CTN_1450 CTN_1933 CTN_0604 | TM1117 TM0088 | TRQ2_1699 TRQ2_0859 |
 TRQ7_04500 | pilC (Ps, Ng) | Type II secretory pathway, component PulF / Type IV fimbrial assembly protein [63, 64] | CTN_0598 | TM_0094 | TRQ2_0853 |
 TRQ7_05855 | pilD (Vv,Ng) | Type IV prepilin peptidase, processes N-terminal leader peptides for prepilins [65,66,67] | CTN_0883 | TM1696 | TRQ2_1138 |
 TRQ7_06260 | comEC (Bs) | Putative channel protein, Transports DNA across the cell membrane [68, 69] | CTN_0965 | TM1775 | TRQ2_1049 |
 TRQ7_07315 | comF (Hi) | CTN_1168 | TM1584 | TRQ2_1247 | |
 TRQ7_07650 | pilT (Ng) | Motility protein [72] | CTN_1229 | TM1362 | TRQ2_1467 |
 TRQ7_07980 | pilE (Ng, Pa) | Type IV pilin; major structural component of Type IV pilus [73, 74] | CTN_1301 | TM1271 | TRQ2_1548 |
 TRQ7_09065 | comEA (Bs) | CTN_1515 | TM1052 | TRQ2_1756 | |
Post-translocation | |||||
 TRQ7_02260 | comM (Hi) | Promotes the recombination of the donor DNA into the chromosome [79] | CTN_0158 | TM0513 | TRQ2_0424 |
 TRQ7_03645 | dprA (Hi) | CTN_0436 | TM0250 | TRQ2_0698 | |