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Lu W, Li K, Huang J, Sun Z, Li A, Liu H, Zhou D, Lin H, Zhang X, Li Q, Lu J, Lin X, Li P, Zhang H, Xu T, Bao Q. Identification and characteristics of a novel aminoglycoside phosphotransferase, APH(3')-IId, from an MDR clinical isolate of Brucella intermedia. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 76:2787-2794. [PMID: 34329431 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To describe a novel chromosomal aminoglycoside phosphotransferase named APH(3')-IId identified in an MDR Brucella intermedia ZJ499 isolate from a cancer patient. METHODS Species identity was determined by PCR and MALDI-TOF MS analysis. WGS was performed to determine the genetic elements conferring antimicrobial resistance. Gene cloning, transcriptional analysis and targeted gene deletion, as well as protein purification and kinetic analysis, were performed to investigate the mechanism of resistance. RESULTS APH(3')-IId consists of 266 amino acids and shares the highest identity (48.25%) with the previously known APH(3')-IIb. Expression of aph(3')-IId in Escherichia coli decreased susceptibility to kanamycin, neomycin, paromomycin and ribostamycin. The aph(3')-IId gene in ZJ499 was transcriptionally active under laboratory conditions and the relative abundance of this transcript was unaffected by treatment with the above four antibiotics. However, deletion of aph(3')-IId in ZJ499 results in decreased MICs of these drugs. The purified APH(3')-IId showed phosphotransferase activity against kanamycin, neomycin, paromomycin and ribostamycin, with catalytic efficiencies (kcat/Km) ranging from ∼105 to 107 M-1 s-1. Genetic environment and comparative genomic analyses suggested that aph(3')-IId is probably a ubiquitous gene in Brucella, with no mobile genetic elements detected in its surrounding region. CONCLUSIONS APH(3')-IId is a novel chromosomal aminoglycoside phosphotransferase and plays an important role in the resistance of B. intermedia ZJ499 to kanamycin, neomycin, paromomycin and ribostamycin. To the best of our knowledge, APH(3')-IId represents the fourth characterized example of an APH(3')-II enzyme.
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- Wei Lu
- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang 323000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang 323000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Department of Children's Respiratory Disease, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Department of Children's Respiratory Disease, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Department of Children's Respiratory Disease, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Department of Children's Respiratory Disease, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Translational Medicine, Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou 014040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Department of Children's Respiratory Disease, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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Zwiener T, Mickoleit F, Dziuba M, Rückert C, Busche T, Kalinowski J, Faivre D, Uebe R, Schüler D. Identification and elimination of genomic regions irrelevant for magnetosome biosynthesis by large-scale deletion in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. BMC Microbiol 2021; 21:65. [PMID: 33632118 PMCID: PMC7908775 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-021-02124-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Magnetosome formation in the alphaproteobacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense is controlled by more than 30 known mam and mms genes clustered within a large genomic region, the 'magnetosome island' (MAI), which also harbors numerous mobile genetic elements, repeats, and genetic junk. Because of the inherent genetic instability of the MAI caused by neighboring gene content, the elimination of these regions and their substitution by a compact, minimal magnetosome expression cassette would be important for future analysis and engineering. In addition, the role of the MAI boundaries and adjacent regions are still unclear, and recent studies indicated that further auxiliary determinants for magnetosome biosynthesis are encoded outside the MAI. However, techniques for large-scale genome editing of magnetic bacteria are still limited, and the full complement of genes controlling magnetosome formation has remained uncertain. RESULTS Here we demonstrate that an allelic replacement method based on homologous recombination can be applied for large-scale genome editing in M. gryphiswaldense. By analysis of 24 deletion mutants covering about 167 kb of non-redundant genome content, we identified genes and regions inside and outside the MAI irrelevant for magnetosome biosynthesis. A contiguous stretch of ~ 100 kb, including the scattered mam and mms6 operons, could be functionally substituted by a compact and contiguous ~ 38 kb cassette comprising all essential biosynthetic gene clusters, but devoid of interspersing irrelevant or problematic gene content. CONCLUSIONS Our results further delineate the genetic complement for magnetosome biosynthesis and will be useful for future large-scale genome editing and genetic engineering of magnetosome biosynthesis.
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- Theresa Zwiener
- Department of Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
- Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Biotechnology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
- Aix-Marseille Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM 13108, Saint Paul lez Durance, France
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
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Holbrook SYL, Gentry MS, Tsodikov OV, Garneau-Tsodikova S. Nucleoside triphosphate cosubstrates control the substrate profile and efficiency of aminoglycoside 3'- O-phosphotransferase type IIa. MEDCHEMCOMM 2018; 9:1332-1339. [PMID: 30151088 DOI: 10.1039/c8md00234g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Aminoglycosides (AGs) are broad-spectrum antibiotics that play an important role in the control and treatment of bacterial infections. Despite the great antibacterial potency of AGs, resistance to these antibiotics has limited their clinical applications. The AG 3'-O-phosphotransferase of type IIa (APH(3')-IIa) encoded by the neoR gene is a common bacterial AG resistance enzyme that inactivates AG antibiotics. This enzyme is used as a selection marker in molecular biology research. APH(3')-IIa catalyzes the transfer of the γ-phosphoryl group of ATP to an AG at its 3'-OH group. Although APH(3')-IIa has been reported to utilize exclusively ATP as a cosubstrate, we demonstrate that this enzyme can utilize a broad array of NTPs. By substrate profiling, TLC, and enzyme kinetics experiments, we probe AG phosphorylation by APH(3')-IIa with an extensive panel of substrates and cosubstrates (13 AGs and 10 NTPs) for the purpose of gaining a thorough understanding of this resistance enzyme. We find, for the first time, that the identity of the NTP cosubstrate dictates the set of AGs modified by APH(3')-IIa and the phosphorylation efficiency for different AGs.
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- Selina Y L Holbrook
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , College of Pharmacy , University of Kentucky , Lexington , KY 40536-0596 , USA . ; ; ; Tel: +859 218 1686
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry , College of Medicine , University of Kentucky , Lexington , KY 40536 , USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , College of Pharmacy , University of Kentucky , Lexington , KY 40536-0596 , USA . ; ; ; Tel: +859 218 1686
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , College of Pharmacy , University of Kentucky , Lexington , KY 40536-0596 , USA . ; ; ; Tel: +859 218 1686
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New aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes APH(3′)-VIII and APH(3′)-IX in Acinetobacter rudis and Acinetobacter gerneri. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2016; 70:400-403. [DOI: 10.1038/ja.2016.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Shao L, Chen J, Wang C, Li JA, Tang Y, Chen D, Liu W. Characterization of a key aminoglycoside phosphotransferase in gentamicin biosynthesis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013; 23:1438-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.12.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Toth M, Frase H, Antunes NT, Smith CA, Vakulenko SB. Crystal structure and kinetic mechanism of aminoglycoside phosphotransferase-2''-IVa. Protein Sci 2010; 19:1565-76. [PMID: 20556826 DOI: 10.1002/pro.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Acquired resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics primarily results from deactivation by three families of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. Here, we report the kinetic mechanism and structure of the aminoglycoside phosphotransferase 2''-IVa (APH(2'')-IVa), an enzyme responsible for resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics in clinical enterococcal and staphylococcal isolates. The enzyme operates via a Bi-Bi sequential mechanism in which the two substrates (ATP or GTP and an aminoglycoside) bind in a random manner. The APH(2'')-IVa enzyme phosphorylates various 4,6-disubstituted aminoglycoside antibiotics with catalytic efficiencies (k(cat)/K(m)) of 1.5 x 10(3) to 1.2 x 10(6) (M(-1) s(-1)). The enzyme uses both ATP and GTP as the phosphate source, an extremely rare occurrence in the phosphotransferase and protein kinase enzymes. Based on an analysis of the APH(2'')-IVa structure, two overlapping binding templates specifically tuned for hydrogen bonding to either ATP or GTP have been identified and described. A detailed understanding of the structure and mechanism of the GTP-utilizing phosphotransferases is crucial for the development of either novel aminoglycosides or, more importantly, GTP-based enzyme inhibitors which would not be expected to interfere with crucial ATP-dependent enzymes.
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- Marta Toth
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Aminoglycosides have been an essential component of the armamentarium in the treatment of life-threatening infections. Unfortunately, their efficacy has been reduced by the surge and dissemination of resistance. In some cases the levels of resistance reached the point that rendered them virtually useless. Among many known mechanisms of resistance to aminoglycosides, enzymatic modification is the most prevalent in the clinical setting. Aminoglycoside modifying enzymes catalyze the modification at different -OH or -NH₂ groups of the 2-deoxystreptamine nucleus or the sugar moieties and can be nucleotidyltransferases, phosphotransferases, or acetyltransferases. The number of aminoglycoside modifying enzymes identified to date as well as the genetic environments where the coding genes are located is impressive and there is virtually no bacteria that is unable to support enzymatic resistance to aminoglycosides. Aside from the development of new aminoglycosides refractory to as many as possible modifying enzymes there are currently two main strategies being pursued to overcome the action of aminoglycoside modifying enzymes. Their successful development would extend the useful life of existing antibiotics that have proven effective in the treatment of infections. These strategies consist of the development of inhibitors of the enzymatic action or of the expression of the modifying enzymes.
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Houghton JL, Green KD, Chen W, Garneau-Tsodikova S. The future of aminoglycosides: the end or renaissance? Chembiochem 2010; 11:880-902. [PMID: 20397253 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Although aminoglycosides have been used as antibacterials for decades, their use has been hindered by their inherent toxicity and the resistance that has emerged to these compounds. It seems that such issues have relegated a formerly front-line class of antimicrobials to the proverbial back shelf. However, recent advances have demonstrated that novel aminoglycosides have a potential to overcome resistance as well as to be used to treat HIV-1 and even human genetic disorders, with abrogated toxicity. It is not the end for aminoglycosides, but rather, the challenges faced by researchers have led to ingenuity and a change in how we view this class of compounds, a renaissance.
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- Jacob L Houghton
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Fong DH, Lemke CT, Hwang J, Xiong B, Berghuis AM. Structure of the antibiotic resistance factor spectinomycin phosphotransferase from Legionella pneumophila. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:9545-9555. [PMID: 20089863 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.038364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aminoglycoside phosphotransferases (APHs) constitute a diverse group of enzymes that are often the underlying cause of aminoglycoside resistance in the clinical setting. Several APHs have been extensively characterized, including the elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of two APH(3') isozymes and an APH(2'') enzyme. Although many APHs are plasmid-encoded and are capable of inactivating numerous 2-deoxystreptmaine aminoglycosides with multiple regiospecificity, APH(9)-Ia, isolated from Legionella pneumophila, is an unusual enzyme among the APH family for its chromosomal origin and its specificity for a single non-2-deoxystreptamine aminoglycoside substrate, spectinomycin. We describe here the crystal structures of APH(9)-Ia in its apo form, its binary complex with the nucleotide, AMP, and its ternary complex bound with ADP and spectinomycin. The structures reveal that APH(9)-Ia adopts the bilobal protein kinase-fold, analogous to the APH(3') and APH(2'') enzymes. However, APH(9)-Ia differs significantly from the other two types of APH enzymes in its substrate binding area and that it undergoes a conformation change upon ligand binding. Moreover, kinetic assay experiments indicate that APH(9)-Ia has stringent substrate specificity as it is unable to phosphorylate substrates of choline kinase or methylthioribose kinase despite high structural resemblance. The crystal structures of APH(9)-Ia demonstrate and expand our understanding of the diversity of the APH family, which in turn will facilitate the development of new antibiotics and inhibitors.
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- Desiree H Fong
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada.
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Williams JA, Carnes AE, Hodgson CP. Plasmid DNA vaccine vector design: impact on efficacy, safety and upstream production. Biotechnol Adv 2009; 27:353-70. [PMID: 19233255 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2008] [Revised: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 02/07/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Critical molecular and cellular biological factors impacting design of licensable DNA vaccine vectors that combine high yield and integrity during bacterial production with increased expression in mammalian cells are reviewed. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), World Health Organization (WHO) and European Medical Agencies (EMEA) regulatory guidance's are discussed, as they relate to vector design and plasmid fermentation. While all new vectors will require extensive preclinical testing to validate safety and performance prior to clinical use, regulatory testing burden for follow-on products can be reduced by combining carefully designed synthetic genes with existing validated vector backbones. A flowchart for creation of new synthetic genes, combining rationale design with bioinformatics, is presented. The biology of plasmid replication is reviewed, and process engineering strategies that reduce metabolic burden discussed. Utilizing recently developed low metabolic burden seed stock and fermentation strategies, optimized vectors can now be manufactured in high yields exceeding 2 g/L, with specific plasmid yields of 5% total dry cell weight.
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Badarau A, Shi Q, Chow JW, Zajicek J, Mobashery S, Vakulenko S. Aminoglycoside 2''-phosphotransferase type IIIa from Enterococcus. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:7638-47. [PMID: 18199745 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m709645200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aminoglycoside 2''-phosphotransferases mediate high level resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics in Gram-positive microorganisms, thus posing a serious threat to the treatment of serious enterococcal infections. This work reports on cloning, purification, and detailed mechanistic characterization of aminoglycoside 2''-phosphotransferase, known as type Ic enzyme. In an unexpected finding, the enzyme exhibits strong preference for guanosine triphosphate over adenosine triphosphate as the phosphate donor, a unique observation among all characterized aminoglycoside phosphotransferases. The enzyme phosphorylates only certain 4,6-disubstituted aminoglycosides exclusively at the 2''-hydroxyl with k(cat) values of 0.5-1.0 s(-1) and K(m) values in the nanomolar range for all substrates but kanamycin A. Based on this unique substrate profile, the enzyme is renamed aminoglycoside 2''-phosphotransferase type IIIa. Product and dead-end inhibition patterns indicated a random sequential Bi Bi mechanism. Both the solvent viscosity effect and determination of the rate constant for dissociation of guanosine triphosphate indicated that at pH 7.5 the release of guanosine triphosphate is rate-limiting. A computational model for the enzyme is presented that sheds light on the structural aspects of interest in this family of enzymes.
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- Adriana Badarau
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Hainrichson M, Yaniv O, Cherniavsky M, Nudelman I, Shallom-Shezifi D, Yaron S, Baasov T. Overexpression and initial characterization of the chromosomal aminoglycoside 3'-O-phosphotransferase APH(3')-IIb from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 51:774-6. [PMID: 17088479 PMCID: PMC1797760 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01034-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The chromosomal gene aph(3')-IIb, encoding an aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The APH(3')-IIb enzyme was purified as a monomer in a two-step procedure and was shown to phosphorylate its substrates at the C-3'-OH position, with kcat/Km values of 0.4x10(4) to 36x10(4) M-1 s-1.
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- Mariana Hainrichson
- The Edith and Joseph Fischer Enzyme Inhibitors Laboratory, The Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Kim C, Cha JY, Yan H, Vakulenko SB, Mobashery S. Hydrolysis of ATP by aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferases: an unexpected cost to bacteria for harboring an antibiotic resistance enzyme. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:6964-9. [PMID: 16407230 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513257200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferases (APH(3')s) are common bacterial resistance enzymes to aminoglycoside antibiotics. These enzymes transfer the gamma-phosphoryl group of ATP to the 3'-hydroxyl of the antibiotics, whereby the biological activity of the drugs is lost. Pre-steady-state and steady-state kinetics with two of these enzymes from Gram-negative bacteria, APH(3')-Ia and APH(3')-IIa, were performed. It is demonstrated that these enzymes in both ternary and binary complexes facilitate an ATP hydrolase activity (ATPase), which is competitive with the transfer of phosphate to the antibiotics. Because these enzymes are expressed constitutively in resistant bacteria, the turnover of ATP is continuous during the lifetime of the organism both in the absence and the presence of aminoglycosides. Concentrations of the enzyme in vivo were determined, and it was estimated that in a single generation of bacterial growth there exists the potential that this activity would consume as much as severalfold of the total existing ATP. Studies with bacteria harboring the aph(3')-Ia gene revealed that bacteria are able to absorb the cost of this ATP turnover, as ATP is recycled. However, the cost burden of this adventitious activity manifests a selection pressure against maintenance of the plasmids that harbor the aph(3')-Ia gene, such that approximately 50% of the plasmid is lost in 1500 bacterial generations in the absence of antibiotics. The implication is that, in the absence of selection, bacteria harboring an enzyme that catalyzes the consumption of key metabolites could experience the loss of the plasmid that encodes for the given enzyme.
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- Choonkeun Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Paschon DE, Patel ZS, Ostermeier M. Enhanced catalytic efficiency of aminoglycoside phosphotransferase (3')-IIa achieved through protein fragmentation and reassembly. J Mol Biol 2005; 353:26-37. [PMID: 16168439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2005] [Revised: 08/12/2005] [Accepted: 08/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Many monomeric proteins can be split into two fragments, yet the two fragments can associate to make an active heterodimer. However, for most locations in a protein such a conversion is not feasible, presumably due to inefficient assembly or improper folding of the fragments. For some locations, this can be overcome by fusion of the fragments to dimerization domains that facilitate correct assembly. A variety of heterodimers of aminoglycoside phosphotransferase (3')-IIa (Neo) were created in which the Neo fragments required fusion to a pair of leucine zippers for activity in vivo. However, the ability of these heterodimers to confer kanamycin resistance to Escherichia coli cells was impaired compared to wild-type Neo, primarily due to poor production of soluble protein. The mutations R177S and V198E restored the kanamycin resistance to wild-type levels while maintaining the dependence on leucine zippers for activity. These mutations restored high levels of kanamycin resistance not through an improvement in the production of soluble protein but rather by conferring a large improvement in k(cat)/K(m), surpassing that of Neo. Furthermore, whereas R177S and V198E served to improve k(cat)/K(m) 60-fold in the context of the heterodimer, the same mutations in the context of wild-type Neo had a ninefold negative effect on k(cat)/K(m). This demonstrates the possibility that enzymes with improved catalytic properties can be created through a process involving fragmentation and fusion to domains that facilitate assembly of the fragments.
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- David E Paschon
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Kim C, Mobashery S. Phosphoryl transfer by aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferases and manifestation of antibiotic resistance. Bioorg Chem 2004; 33:149-58. [PMID: 15888308 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2004.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2004] [Revised: 11/04/2004] [Accepted: 11/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Transfer of the gamma-phosphoryl group from ATP to aminoglycoside antibiotics by aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferases is one of the most important reactions for manifestation of bacterial resistance to this class of antibiotics. This review article surveys the latest structural and mechanistic findings with these enzymes.
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- Choonkeun Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Azucena E, Mobashery S. Aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes: mechanisms of catalytic processes and inhibition. Drug Resist Updat 2001; 4:106-17. [PMID: 11512519 DOI: 10.1054/drup.2001.0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The most prevalent mechanism for resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics is mediated through their enzymatic modification in resistant organisms. Dozens of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes are known at the gene sequence level, but few have been characterized in the details of their mechanism. This review summarizes the state of knowledge of the best studied of these enzymes, focusing on their catalytic mechanisms and inhibition.
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- E Azucena
- Institute for Drug Design, Departments of Chemistry, Pharmacology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Liu M, Haddad J, Azucena E, Kotra LP, Kirzhner M, Mobashery S. Tethered bisubstrate derivatives as probes for mechanism and as inhibitors of aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferases. J Org Chem 2000; 65:7422-31. [PMID: 11076599 DOI: 10.1021/jo000589k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferases [APH(3')s] phosphorylate aminoglycoside antibiotics, a reaction that inactivates the antibiotics. These enzymes are the primary cause of resistance to aminoglycosides in bacteria. APH(3')-Ia operates by a random-equilibrium BiBi mechanism, whereas APH(3')-IIIa catalyzes its reaction by the Theorell-Chance mechanism, a form of ordered BiBi mechanism. Hence, both substrates have to be present in the active site prior to the transfer of phosphate by both mechanisms. Four bisubstrate analogues, compounds 1-4, were designed and synthesized as inhibitors for APH(3')s. These compounds are made of adenosine linked covalently to the 3'-hydroxyl of neamine (an aminoglycoside) via all-methylene tethers of 5-8 carbons. The K(i) values measured for these compounds indicated that affinities of APH(3')-Ia and APH(3')-IIa for compounds 2 and 3 (six- and seven-carbon tethers, respectively) were the best, and the inhibition constants for the two were comparable.
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- M Liu
- Department of Chemistry and the Institute for Drug Design, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Haddad J, Vakulenko S, Mobashery S. An Antibiotic Cloaked by Its Own Resistance Enzyme. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja993452o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jalal Haddad
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202-3489
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202-3489
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202-3489
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Mingeot-Leclercq MP, Glupczynski Y, Tulkens PM. Aminoglycosides: activity and resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:727-37. [PMID: 10103173 PMCID: PMC89199 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.4.727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 537] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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- M P Mingeot-Leclercq
- Unité de Pharmacologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Roestamadji J, Mobashery S. The use of neamine as a molecular template: inactivation of bacterial antibiotic resistance enzyme aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase type IIa. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1998; 8:3483-8. [PMID: 9934457 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(98)00633-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase type IIa [APH(3')-IIa] is a member of the family of bacterial aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. Bacteria that harbor these enzymes are resistant to aminoglycoside antibiotics. Four aminoglycoside-based affinity inactivators were synthesized and were shown to be both substrates and inactivators for APH(3')-IIa. These affinity inactivators are N-bromoacetylated derivatives of neamine, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, where the bromoacetyl moiety in each was introduced regiospecifically at a different amine of the parent compound.
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- J Roestamadji
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Yang Y, Roestamadji J, Mobashery S, Orlando R. The use of neamine as a molecular template: identification of active site residues in the bacterial antibiotic resistance enzyme aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase type IIa by mass spectroscopy. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1998; 8:3489-94. [PMID: 9934458 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(98)00634-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Four novel aminoglycoside-based affinity inactivators were shown to covalently modify the active site of aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase type IIa (APH(3')-IIa), an important resistance factor in bacteria for aminoglycoside antibiotics. Standard peptide mapping techniques failed with this enzyme. A novel mass spectroscopic analysis which combines protease digestion on the instrument probe, followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) is described which permitted rapid identification of the sites of protein modification. By this new technique, Glu-3 and Asp-23 were identified as active-site residues, the side chains of which potentially may serve as counter ions for the ammonium functionalities at positions 6', and 1 and 3 of the antibiotic substrates, respectively. These findings contradict previous assertions that the C-terminal third of the enzyme should form the active site, by placing the active site clearly in the N-terminal portion of the enzyme.
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- Y Yang
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of GA, Athens 30602-4712, USA
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The aminoglycoside antibiotics are broad-spectrum antibacterial compounds that are used extensively for the treatment of many bacterial infections. In view of the current concerns over the global rise in antibiotic-resistant microorganisms, there has been renewed interest in the mechanisms of resistance to the aminoglycosides, including the superfamily of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes.
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- J Davies
- Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Wright GD, Ladak P. Overexpression and characterization of the chromosomal aminoglycoside 6'-N-acetyltransferase from Enterococcus faecium. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1997; 41:956-60. [PMID: 9145851 PMCID: PMC163832 DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.5.956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The chromosomal gene aac(6')-Ii, encoding an aminoglycoside 6'-N-acetyltransferase in Enterococcus faecium, renders this organism resistant to moderate levels of many aminoglycoside antibiotics. The ubiquitous presence of aac(6')-Ii in E. faecium complicates the selection of antibiotics for treatment of infections caused by this organism. In view of the importance of this enzyme, we have initiated studies to gain an understanding of its molecular mechanism of acetyl transfer. The AAC(6')-Ii enzyme was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified in a simple three-step procedure which yields 55 mg of pure dimeric protein per liter of cell culture. Steady-state kinetic analyses revealed a broad substrate specificity and demonstrated that acetylation occurs exclusively at position N-6'. k(cat)/Km values were on the order of 10(4) M(-1) s(-1), which is relatively low compared to other aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. In addition, MIC values were positively correlated with k(cat), the rate when the enzyme is saturated with the aminoglycoside substrate, and not with k(cat)/Km, the rate at low aminoglycoside (sub-Km) concentrations. These results describe an enzyme which is not optimally evolved for aminoglycoside inactivation and suggest that this chromosomally encoded enzyme may have an alternate physiological function.
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- G D Wright
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Azucena E, Grapsas I, Mobashery S. Properties of a Bifunctional Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Enzyme That Catalyzes ATP-Dependent 2‘‘-Phosphorylation and Acetyl-CoA-Dependent 6‘-Acetylation of Aminoglycosides. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja964278w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Eduardo Azucena
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202-3489
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202-3489
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202-3489
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McKay GA, Roestamadji J, Mobashery S, Wright GD. Recognition of aminoglycoside antibiotics by enterococcal-staphylococcal aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase type IIIa: role of substrate amino groups. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1996; 40:2648-50. [PMID: 8913482 PMCID: PMC163593 DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.11.2648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The interactions of the aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase IIIa with aminoglycoside antibiotics lacking specific amino groups were examined by steady-state kinetic analyses. The results demonstrate that an amino group on C-1 and either an amino or a hydroxyl group at the 2' and 6' positions are important for detoxification of aminoglycosides by this enzyme.
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- G A McKay
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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