Table 2: Kegg pathway analysis.

Kegg pathway analysis of differentially expressed genes by RNA-seq of ypdA mutant and WT S. aureus cells was performed using KOBAS3.0.

KEGG Pathway	Upregulated Genes	Downregulated Genes	FDR corrected P-Value
Riboflavin metabolism	4	0	1.87E-03
Phosphotransferase system (PTS)	1	4	5.03E-03
Starch and sucrose metabolism	0	4	6.45E-03
Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis	1	4	2.00E-02
Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism	1	3	3.65E-02
Fructose and mannose metabolism	1	2	3.99E-02
Chloroalkane and chloroalkene degradation	1	1	4.31E-02