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Cloning and Sequencing of the Low-Affinity Penicillin-Binding Protein 3r-Encoding Gene of Enterococcus Hirae S185: Modular Design and Structural Organization of the Protein
Piras, Graziella; Raze, Dominique; el Kharroubi, Aboubaker et al.
1993In Journal of Bacteriology, 175 (10), p. 2844-2852
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Keywords :
Enterococcus; Protéine liaison pénicilline; Séquence nucléotide; Resistance aux produits chimiques; Clonage moléculaire; Séquence aminoacide; Proteína enlace penicilina; Secuencia nucleótido; Resistencia quimica; Clonación molecular; Secuencia aminoácido; Penicillin binding protein; Molecular cloning; Nucleotide sequence; Aminoacid sequence
Abstract :
[en] The clinical isolate Enterococcus hirae S185 has a peculiar mode of resistance to penicillin in that it possesses two low-affinity penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs): the 71-kDa PBP5, also found in other enterococci, and the 77-kDa PBP3r. The two PBPs have the same low affinity for the drug and are immunochemically related to each other. The PBP3r-encoding gene has been cloned and sequenced, and the derived amino acid sequence has been compared by computer-assisted hydrophobic cluster analysis with that of the low-affinity PBP5 of E. hirae R40, the low-affinity PBP2' of Staphylococcus aureus, and the PBP2 of Escherichia coli used as the standard of reference of the high-M(r) PBPs of class B. On the basis of the shapes, sizes, and distributions of the hydrophobic and nonhydrophobic clusters along the sequences and the linear amino acid alignments derived from this analysis, the dyad PBP3r-PBP5 has an identity index of 78.5%, the triad PBP3r-PBP5-PBP2' has an identity index of 29%, and the tetrad PBP3r-PBP5-PBP2'-PBP2 (of E. coli) has an identity index of 13%. In spite of this divergence, the low-affinity PBPs are of identical modular design and possess the nine amino acid groupings (boxes) typical of the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of the high-M(r) PBPs of class B. At variance with the latter PBPs, however, the low-affinity PBPs have an additional approximately 110-amino-acid polypeptide stretch that is inserted between the amino end of the N-terminal domain and the carboxy end of the membrane anchor. While the enterococcal PBP5 gene is chromosome borne, the PBP3r gene appears to be physically linked to the erm gene, which confers resistance to erythromycin and is known to be plasmid borne in almost all the Streptococcus spp. examined.
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Piras, Graziella;  Bethesda > National Caancer Institute > Laboratory of Molecular Virology
Raze, Dominique;  National Institute of Health-Bethesda > Laboratory of Viral and Molecular Pathogen
el Kharroubi, Aboubaker;  National Institute of Health-Bethesda > Laboratory of Viral and Molecular Pathogen
Hastir, Danièle;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Centre d'ingénieurie des Protéines
Englebert, Serge;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institute de Chimie > Centre d'ingénieurie des Protéines
Coyette, Jacques;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Centre d'ingénieurie des Protéines
Ghuysen, Jean-Marie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Centre d'ingénieurie des Protéines
Language :
English
Title :
Cloning and Sequencing of the Low-Affinity Penicillin-Binding Protein 3r-Encoding Gene of Enterococcus Hirae S185: Modular Design and Structural Organization of the Protein
Publication date :
May 1993
Journal title :
Journal of Bacteriology
ISSN :
0021-9193
eISSN :
1098-5530
Publisher :
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, United States - District of Columbia
Volume :
175
Issue :
10
Pages :
2844-2852
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
FRSM - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Médicale [BE]
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