Gene Information

Name : capA (SAR0151)
Accession : YP_039616.1
Strain : Staphylococcus aureus MRSA252
Genome accession: NC_002952
Putative virulence/resistance : Virulence
Product : capsular polysaccharide synthesis enzyme
Function : -
COG functional category : M : Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis
COG ID : COG3944
EC number : -
Position : 168658 - 169326 bp
Length : 669 bp
Strand : +
Note : Highly similar to Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide synthesis enzyme Cap5A TR:P95695 (EMBL:U81973) (222 aa) fasta scores: E(): 1.3e-72, 99.550% id in 222 aa, and to Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide synthesis enzyme Cap8A TR:P72367

DNA sequence : 
ATGGAAAGTACATTAGAATTAACAAAAATTAAAGAAGTATTACAAAAAAACTTGAAGATTTTAATTATTTTACCGCTATT
ATTTTTAATTATTAGCGCTATTGTTACATTTTTCGTCTTATCACCTAAATATCAAGCTAATACTCAAATTTTAGTGAATC
AAACTAAGGGTGACAATCCTCAGTTTATGGCGCAAGAGGTTCAAAGTAATATTCAACTTGTAAATACGTATAAAGAAATT
GTTAAAAGTCCTAGAATTTTAGATGAGGTGTCAAAGGACTTAAATGATAAGTATTCACCATCTAAATTATCGAGTATGTT
GACAATTACAAACCAAGAAAATACACAACTTATCAACATCCAAGTTAAAAGTGGTCATAAACAAGATTCGGAAAAAATTG
CGAATAGCTTCGCTAAAGTTACAAGTAAACAAATTCCGAAGATTATGAGTGTGGATAACGTATCAATTTTATCTAAAGCA
GACGGTACAGCAGTTAAAGTCGCACCAAAAACTGTAGTGAATCTAATCGGTGCACTCTTTTTAGGATTAGTTGTCGCGCT
TATATATATCTTCTTCAAAGTAATTTTTGATAAGCGAATTAAAGATGAAGAAGATGTAGAGAAAGAATTAGGATTGCCTG
TATTGGGTTCAATTCAAAAATTTAATTAA

Protein sequence : 
MESTLELTKIKEVLQKNLKILIILPLLFLIISAIVTFFVLSPKYQANTQILVNQTKGDNPQFMAQEVQSNIQLVNTYKEI
VKSPRILDEVSKDLNDKYSPSKLSSMLTITNQENTQLINIQVKSGHKQDSEKIANSFAKVTSKQIPKIMSVDNVSILSKA
DGTAVKVAPKTVVNLIGALFLGLVVALIYIFFKVIFDKRIKDEEDVEKELGLPVLGSIQKFN

• Homologs from PAI DB

GeneGenBank Accn Product Virulance or Resistance PAI or REI Alignment Type E-val Identity
cap1A AAA64640.1 type 1 capsule synthesis gene Virulence SCCcap1 Protein 2e-54 65
SSP0060 YP_300150.1 capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis protein Not tested SCC15305cap Protein 2e-48 56

• Homologs from VFDB (virulence genes)

GeneGenBank Accn Product ID of source DB Alignment Type E-val Identity
capA YP_039616.1 capsular polysaccharide synthesis enzyme VFG1297 Protein 6e-63 100