Table S2. Primers used in this study

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Name Sequence (5’-3’)* Restriction sites; gene specificity; purpose

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TASOE1 GTGCATAACCACTACTATGGCAC hp3021 sequence; used for SOE construction of DtatA mutant

TASOE2 atccacttttcaatctatatcTACTTTACTCCTTAATC cat and hp0321-tatA sequence; SOE construction of DtatA mutant

TASOE3 cccagtttgtcgcactgataaCAAGAAAGTTAAGCATG cat and tatA-hp0319 sequence; SOE construction of DtatA mutant

TASOE4 CTAGCATGCCCTATGTGTAAAGG hp0319 sequence; used for SOE construction of DtatA mutant

TB1 atcggatccCCACTTTAAACCCC BamHI; ruvB sequence; construction of tatB mutant

TB2 tcaggatccGAGCGTGCCTTTATAGG BamHI; tatC sequence; construction of tatB mutant

TC1 aataggatccCTGTCGTGGATGTGGTGAAG BamHI; tatB sequence; construction of DtatC mutant

TC2 ggcgcgaattcATCTTCAAACATTCTC EcoRI; tatB-tatC sequence; construction of DtatC mutant

TC3 ctgcaagcttGATGGTTTCTGTAGGAACG HindIII; tatC sequence; construction of tatC mutant

TC4 cgccaagcttCGCTCTTTGTATTCTCTTTG HindIII; tatC sequence; construction of tatC mutant

TC5 acatagtcgacGCGAGTCGTAGTTGAAAG SalI; tatC-queA sequence; construction of DtatC mutant

TC6 gattactcgagAAAGCGATCAAGCGCTGG XhoI; queA sequence; construction of DtatC mutant

TC7 cgaattcatATGTTTGAAGATTTAAAACCG NdeI; tatC sequence; inducible tatC copy

TC8 ggtaccggatccCAAATTCTTTCAAC BamHI; tatC-queA sequence; inducible tatC copy

TC9 GCGTTTGATGGTTTCTGTAGG tatC sequence; qRT-PCR analysis of tatC in tatB mutants

TC10 TTTAACCGCTACCATGACCC tatC sequence; qRT-PCR analysis of tatC in tatB mutants

QA1 gcgcgaattcGATTTAGAAAGCTATG EcoRI; queA sequence; construction of queA mutant

QA2 acagaattcGCCTATCATCGTGCTTAC EcoRI; queA sequence; construction of queA mutant

FbcF1 AGATTGGATTTATACCGCCG trcF (hp1541) sequence; SOE construction of fbcF mutant

FbcF2 atccacttttcaatctatatcCTCCTTAATGATAATTAC cat and trcF-fbcF intergenic sequence; SOE construction of fbcF mutant

FbcF3 cccagtttgtcgcactgataaTGATGGCTAAAGCGTAAG cat and fbcF (hp1540) sequence; SOE construction of fbcF mutant

FbcF4 ATTCGTGATAACCGCTGCGG fbcH (hp1539) sequence; SOE construction of fbcF mutant

Hyd1 agctttccatgccctacgctaaag hp0630 sequence; SOE construction of DhydABCDE mutant

Hyd2 atccacttttcaatctatatcCATCGTAGAACATGACCACT cat and hydA (hp0631) sequence; SOE construction of DhydABCDE

Hyd3 cccagtttgtcgcactgataagcttaaaagcggatgtgcat cat and hp0635 sequence; SOE construction of DhydABCDE mutant

Hyd4 CTTGTATCGTTTGTGGCTTATAG hp0636 sequence; SOE construction of DhydABCDE mutant

BisC1 GATTTCTATGGATATGAACGGG hp0406 sequence; SOE construction of DbisC mutant

BisC2 atccacttttcaatctatatcGATTCTCCTTCAAGCTTGC cat and bisC (hp0407) sequence; SOE construction of DbisC mutant

BisC3 cccagtttgtcgcactgataaGAGTAAACATACTAGCATG cat and bisC (hp0407) sequence; SOE construction of DbisC mutant

BisC4 GCCGCTCATCAGAGTCTCAGG hp0408 sequence; SOE construction of DbisC mutant

HP405 GTAACGGGAATTCTTA hp0405 sequence; verification of tatC complemented mutant

Cat2 aatgggttatctcggcggtcactc cat; verification of tatC complemented mutant

Bla1 agttctgctatgtggcgcgg amplification of bla (ampr) gene; verification of single cross-over

Bla2 accagccagccggaagggcc amplification of bla (ampr) gene; verification of single cross-over

GyrA1 GCTAGGATCGTGGGTGATGT gyrA sequence; standard for qRT-PCR analysis of tatC

GyrA2 TGGCTTCAGTGTAACGCATC gyrA sequence; standard for qRT-PCR analysis of tatC

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