Gene cluster

Full product conserved in produce-associated outbreak strains (AA/AA)

Product

ehxD

Lys208Ile

hemolysin transport protein

ehxA

Glu157Ala

enterohemolysin (EHEC hemolysin)

espY4

Ile379Thr & Pro397Ser

non-LEE-encoded type III secreted effector

nleG5-1

Pro11Ser & Pro204Lys

non-LEE-encoded type III secreted effector

nleG6-1

8 AA changes

non-LEE-encoded type III secreted effector

espY1

5 AA deletion

non-LEE-encoded type III secreted effector

csgG

Pro76Thr

curli production assembly/transport component, 2nd curli operon

ykgA

Thr187Ile

predicted DNA-binding transcriptional regulator

ycbF

Arg60Ser

ydeA

Trp360Leu

predicted arabinose transporter

eivF

His163Gln

putative regulatory protein for type III secretion apparatus

stx1A

Absent

shiga-like toxin 1 subunit A

stx1B

Absent

shiga-like toxin 1 subunit B

stx2Bc

Present

shiga-like toxin2c subunit B

espJ

mutation leads to a premature stop codon at position 181AA/217AA

translocated type III secretion system effector