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Table 3 List of top 20 R. conorii genes differentially expressed during the infection of tick vector AAE2 cells, in vitro

From: Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Rickettsia conorii during in vitro infection of human and tick host cells

Gene ID

Product

Gene Length (bp)

TPM

Log2 Change

Homologous to

AAE2 + Rc

HMEC + Rc

Product

Organism

E-value

Identity (%)

RC0446

Hypothetical protein

291

377

8

5.64

M61 glycyl aminopeptidase family protein

R. rhipicephali

6e-52

92%

RC0511

Hypothetical protein

249

367

9

5.38

Transcriptional regulator, AbrB family

R. massiliae

1e-50

100%

peg.0696

Hypothetical protein

132

539

17

5.02

–

–

–

–

peg.1306

Hypothetical protein

114

415

19

4.43

Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase

Thermoplasmata

1e-05

48%

RC0418

Hypothetical protein

672

119

7

4.18

Tetratricopeptide repeat family protein

R. hoogstraalii

2e-121

81%

RC1248

Hypothetical protein

153

234

14

4.03

HEPN domain-containing protein

R. asembonensis

2e-07

92%

peg.0362

Hypothetical protein

117

297

19

3.98

–

–

–

–

peg.0481

Hypothetical protein

198

338

22

3.93

CPBP family intramembrane metalloprotease

R. gravesii

4e-35

93%

RC0253

Hypothetical protein

270

343

24

3.81

–

–

–

–

RC0979

DnaA regulatory inactivator Hda (Homologous to DnaA)

669

138

10

3.81

    

RC0034

Dihydrofolate reductase (FolA)

495

62

4

3.8

    

RC0570

RND efflux system, membrane fusion protein

297

282

22

3.67

    

RC1250

Hypothetical protein

246

417

36

3.54

Palindromic element RPE1 domain-containing protein

SFG rickettsiae

7e-51

100%

RC0640

Hypothetical protein

420

304

26

3.54

Fimbrial biogenesis outer membrane usher protein

R. gravesii

2e-65

96%

RC0957

Hypothetical protein

201

245

22

3.49

Tetratricopeptide repeat protein

SFG rickettsiae

1e-17

97%

RC0471

Hypothetical protein

249

193

18

3.45

Tetratricopeptide repeat protein

R. hoogstraalii

7e-46

95%

RC0513

Hypothetical protein

186

388

35

3.45

–

–

–

–

peg.0400

Hypothetical protein

144

332

31

3.44

Acid phosphatase family protein

R. amblyommatis

5e-26

94%

RC1293

Hypothetical protein

195

363

34

3.43

–

–

–

–

peg.0013

Hypothetical protein

135

172

16

3.4

Toxin

R. tamurae

0.086

90%

  1. Only R. conorii proteins annotated as ‘hypothetical protein’ were searched by BLASTp to identify the homologous protein in other bacteria
  2. “-“indicates no known homolog was identified in a BLASTp search
  3. TPM Transcripts per million
  4. Log2 Change = Log2(TPM of AAE2 + Rc / TPM of HMEC+Rc)