The pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, cocci shaped, multiply by binary fission, catalase positive, gold-colored bacterium that is resistant to methicillin and all available _betalactam antibiotics. The gold color of this pathogen is derived from the yellow-orange carotenoid staphyloxanthin, a virulence factor.It causes number of infections including minor skin infection like pimple, boil etc to life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis etc.(Kim & Lee,2012)
Domain:Bacteria;Phylum: Firmicutes; Class:Bacilli/Firmibacteria; Order:Bacillales;Family:Staphylococcaceae; Genus:Staphylococcus; Species:aureus
KCTC1928
| CAROTENOID NAME | GENE NAME | PATHWAY STRUCTURE |
|---|---|---|
| Staphyloxanthin | crtO |  |
| 4,4-prime-Diapophytoene | crtM | |
| 4,4-prime-Diapophytofluene | crtN | |
| 4-4-prime-Diapo-zeta-carotene | crtN | |
| 4,4-prime-diaponeurosporene | crtN | |
| 4,4-prime-diaponeurosporenal | crtP | |
| 4,4-prime-diaponeurosporenoic acid | aldH | |
| Glucosyl diaponeurosporenoate | crtQ | |
| Tetradecanoyl-glucosyl-4,4-prime- diaponeurosporenoic acid | GENE NAME NOT KNOWN | |
| Hexadecanoyl-glucosyl-4,4-prime-diaponeurosporenoic acid | GENE NAME NOT KNOWN | |
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