TCS	Two-component system
PknB (Stk or Stk1)	Ser/Thr kinase
Stp	Phosphatase of PknB
CA-MRSA	Community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
qPCR	Quantitative polymerase chain reaction
cDNA	Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid
GEO	Gene Expression Omnibus
ATCC®	American Type Culture Collection
GlcK	Glucokinase enzyme
PTS	Phosphotransferase system
AST/GOT	Aspartate transaminase
MSA	Multiple sequence alignment
NAD	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
UDP-Glc	Uridine diphosphate glucose
UDP-GlcNAc	Uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine
GlcN6P	Glucosamine-6-phosphate
PPI	Protein–protein interaction