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Fig. 1

From: Coordination of capsule assembly and cell wall biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus

Fig. 1

S. aureus capsule biosynthesis. a S. aureus capsule (CP5) biosynthesis gene cluster (NWMN_0095–0110). b Model for the capsule (CP) biosynthesis pathway in S. aureus and its regulation by the tyrosine kinase complex CapA1B1. C55P, undecaprenyl-phosphate; GlcNAc, N-acetyl-glucosamine; FucNAc, N-acetyl-fucosamine; ManNAc, N-acetyl-mannosamine; ManNAcA, N-acetyl-mannosaminuronic acid. Arrows indicate synthesis direction. Double arrow indicates reaction reversibility

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