Recombinant expression and characterization of the major beta-lactamase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Recombinant expression and characterization of the major beta-lactamase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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结核分枝杆菌主要β-内酰胺酶的重组表达和表征。
DOI:
10.1128/aac.42.6.1375
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Kernodle,DS
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作者:
Voladri,RK;Lakey,DL;Hennigan,SH;Menzies,BE;Edwards,KM;Kernodle,DS
New antibiotic regimens are needed for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.Mycobacterium tuberculosishas a thick peptidoglycan layer, and the penicillin-binding proteins involved in its biosynthesis are inhibited by clinically relevant concentrations of β-lactam antibiotics. β-Lactamase production appears to be the major mechanism by whichM. tuberculosisexpresses β-lactam resistance. β-Lactamases from the broth supernatant of 3- to 4-week-old cultures ofM. tuberculosisH37Ra were partially purified by sequential gel filtration chromatography and chromatofocusing. Three peaks of β-lactamase activity with pI values of 5.1, 4.9, and 4.5, respectively, and which accounted for 10, 78, and 12% of the total postchromatofocusing β-lactamase activity, respectively, were identified. The β-lactamases with pI values of 5.1 and 4.9 were kinetically indistinguishable and exhibited predominant penicillinase activity. In contrast, the β-lactamase with a pI value of 4.5 showed relatively greater cephalosporinase activity. An open reading frame in cosmid Y49 of the DNA library ofM. tuberculosisH37Rv with homology to known class A β-lactamases was amplified from chromosomal DNA ofM. tuberculosisH37Ra by PCR and was overexpressed inEscherichia coli. The recombinant enzyme was kinetically similar to the pI 5.1 and 4.9 enzymes purified directly fromM. tuberculosis. It exhibited predominant penicillinase activity and was especially active against azlocillin. It was inhibited by clavulanic acid andm-aminophenylboronic acid but not by EDTA. We conclude that the major β-lactamase ofM. tuberculosisis a class A β-lactamase with predominant penicillinase activity. A second, minor β-lactamase with relatively greater cephalosporinase activity is also present.