Table 2.
Fatty acid profiles of S. aureus BCAA transporter mutants.
| % (wt/wt) of total fatty acida |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT |
brnQ1brnQ2bcaP |
brnQ1bcaP CDM | brnQ1 CDM | bcaP CDM | |||
| Fatty acid | TSB | CDM | TSB | CDM | |||
| SCFAs | 54 ± 2 | 23 ± 3 | 52 ± 2 | 11 ± 4 | 11 ± 3 | 11 ± 1 | 23 ± 1 |
| BCFAs | 44 ± 4 | 77 ± 5 | 48 ± 2 | 88 ± 5 | 88 ± 4 | 86 ± 3 | 77 ± 2 |
| Anteiso | 27 ± 5 | 47 ± 3 | 33 ± 4 | 88 ± 5 | 88 ± 3 | 86 ± 3 | 47 ± 1 |
| Iso (Odd) | 8 ± 2 | 24 ± 2 | 6 ± 2 | <1.0 | <1.0 | <1.0 | 25 ± 1 |
| Iso (Even) | 9 ± 2 | 5 ± 1 | 10 ± 1 | <1.0 | <1.0 | <1.0 | 5 ± 1 |
Values are the average percentage of fatty acids from three biological replicates ± SD. Fatty acids less than 1% are not reported.