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Biochemical and molecular characterization of three new variants of AmpC beta-lactamases from Morganella morganii
Power, Pablo; Galleni, Moreno; Ayala, J. A. et al.
2006In Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 50 (3), p. 962-967
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Abstract :
[en] Morganella morganii produces an inducible, chromosomally encoded AmpC beta-lactamase. We describe in this study three new variants of AmpC within this species with apparent pIs of 6.6 (M19 from M. morganii strain PP19), 7.4 (M29 from M. morganii strain PP29), and 7.8 (M37 from M. morganii strain PP37). After gene sequencing, deduced amino acid sequences displayed one to six substitutions when compared to the available Morganella AmpC sequences. An AmpR-encoding gene was also found upstream of ampC, including the LysR regulators' helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain and the putative T-N-11-A-protected region in the ampR-ampC intercistronic sequence. All three AmpC variants were purified from in vitro-generated derepressed mutants and showed overall similar kinetic parameters. None of the observed amino acid changes, occurring at the surface of the protein, appear to have a major influence in their catalytic properties. Morganella AmpCs exhibit the highest catalytic efficiencies (k(cat)/K-m) on classical penicillins, cefoxitin, narrow-spectrum cephalosporins, and cefotaxime. Cefotaxime was more effectively hydrolyzed than other oxyimino-cephalosporins, whereas cefepime was 3 log-fold less efficiently hydrolyzed than other cephalosporins such as cephalothin. Several differences with other AmpC beta-lactamases were found. Ampicillin was more efficiently hydrolyzed than benzylpenicillin. High k(cat)/K-m values were observed for oxacillin and piperacillin, which are usually poor substrates for AmpC. A fairly efficient hydrolysis of imipenem was detected as well. Aztreonam, carbenicillin, and tazobactam were effective transient inactivators of these variants.
Disciplines :
Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Power, Pablo ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Macromolécules biologiques
Galleni, Moreno ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Macromolécules biologiques
Ayala, J. A.
Gutkind, G.
Language :
English
Title :
Biochemical and molecular characterization of three new variants of AmpC beta-lactamases from Morganella morganii
Publication date :
March 2006
Journal title :
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
ISSN :
0066-4804
eISSN :
1098-6596
Publisher :
Amer Soc Microbiology, Washington, United States - Washington
Volume :
50
Issue :
3
Pages :
962-967
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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