Research Article

In Silico Study of Mercury Resistance Genes Extracted from Pseudomonas spp. Involved in Bioremediation: Understanding the Promoter Regions and Regulatory Elements

Table 4

List of matching candidates for EXPREG transcription factor (TF).

SNCandidate of TFStrains showed motif sequence bindingGC (%)Regulatory rolesStatistical significance
Activation (%)Repression (%)Dual (%)Not specified (%)

1.CRPY. pestis46.880100002.11+00
2.PhhR_P. putida46.679010002.29+00
3.VqsM_P. aeruginosa59.33700923.43+00
4.CodYB. anthracis20.410001003.99+00
5.FurP. syringae40.250130854.88+00
6.EspRM. tuberculosis52.830001005.95+00
7.MatPE. coli47.230001006.75+00
8.CcpAC. difficile26.329360536.87+00
9.GlxRC. glutamicum46.550100007.38+00
10.LrpE. coli40.00110977.91+00
11.CtrAC. crescentus28.950020809.29+00

CRP: cAMP receptor protein; PhhR: phenylalanine hydroxylase regulator; VqsM: virulence and QS modulator; Fur: Ferric uptake regulation protein; CcpA: Catabolite control protein A; MatP: membrane-associated transfer protein; LrP: leucine-responsive regulatory protein.