Keywords :
Amino Acid Sequence; Anti-Bacterial Agents/biosynthesis/metabolism; Base Sequence; Cephamycins/biosynthesis; Cloning, Molecular; Genes, Bacterial; Kinetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Weight; Penicillin G/metabolism; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism; Streptomyces/enzymology/genetics; Transformation, Genetic; beta-Lactamases/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
Abstract :
[en] A gene (bla) encoding a beta-lactamase is present in the cephamycin gene cluster of Streptomyces clavuligerus, the strain producing clavulanic acid and a beta-lactamase inhibitory protein. The bla gene is located 5.1 kb downstream from and in the opposite orientation to cefE, encoding the deacetoxycephalosporin C synthase. The bla gene encodes a 332-residue protein (Mr, 35,218), similar to other class A beta-lactamases produced by actinomycetes. Modification (to SDG) of the SDN conserved motif of class A beta-lactamases as well as of amino acids in otherwise conserved regions in the molecule may explain the low penicillinase and cephalosporinase activities of the protein. The beta-lactamase has been purified to homogeneity and found to bind [3H]benzylpenicillin, a result reflecting a rate-limiting deacylation step. Nucleotide sequences homologous to bla were found in all tested cephamycin producers, but several other Streptomyces species which produce a beta-lactamase do not contain genes for beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthesis.
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