Identification of BlaR, the signal transducer for β-lactamase production in Bacillus licheniformis, as a penicillin-binding protein with strong homology to the OXA-2 β-lactamase (class D) of Salmonella typhimurium
Zhu, Ying-Fang; Curran, Ivan H. A.; Joris, Bernardet al.
1990 • In Journal of Bacteriology, 172 (2), p. 1137-1141
[en] The blaR gene of Bacillus licheniformis encodes the signal transducer for induction of the class A beta-lactamase. The protein product, BlaR, has a hydrophilic carboxy region that binds beta-lactams and shows high sequence homology to the class D beta-lactamases, particularly the OXA-2 beta-lactamase of Salmonella typhimurium. The BlaR-beta-lactam complex is stable and may provide the continuing stimulus needed for the prolonged production of the enzyme.
Research Center/Unit :
CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Zhu, Ying-Fang; The State University of New Jersey > Waksman Institute
Curran, Ivan H. A.; The State University of New Jersey > Waksman Institute
Joris, Bernard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes - Centre d'ingénierie des protéines
Ghuysen, Jean-Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Service de Microbiologie
Lampen, J. Oliver; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Service de Microbiologie
Language :
English
Title :
Identification of BlaR, the signal transducer for β-lactamase production in Bacillus licheniformis, as a penicillin-binding protein with strong homology to the OXA-2 β-lactamase (class D) of Salmonella typhimurium
Publication date :
01 February 1990
Journal title :
Journal of Bacteriology
ISSN :
0021-9193
eISSN :
1098-5530
Publisher :
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, United States - District of Columbia
