A gene encoding ankyrin (Ank) was isolated from a genomic library of t
he plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pathovar syringae strain 61 (Ps
s61). The gene encodes an 183-amino-acid (aa) polypeptide which has ho
mology to the 33-aa repeat domain of mammalian Ank and Ank homologs fr
om other bacteria, animals and plants.