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The role of CrtM in staphyloxanthin biosynthesis. The S. aureus squalene cyclase CrtM catalyzes the formation of dehydrosqualene from two molecules of farnesyl diphosphate. Dehydrosqualene is subsequently converted to staphyloxanthin.
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