ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PENICILLINASE FROM PSEUDOMONAS-CEPACIA 249
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PENICILLINASE FROM PSEUDOMONAS-CEPACIA 249
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DOI:
10.1128/aac.32.6.838
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发表时间:
1988-06-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
CHIN, NX
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作者:
PRINCE, A;WOOD, MS;CHIN, NX
Pseudomonas cepacia has an inducible .beta.-lactamase which is responsible for its novel ability to catabolize .beta.-lactam compounds. The gene encoding this enzyme, penA, was cloned from a genomic library of P. cepacia 249 on the broad-host-range cosmid pLAFR. This separated the penA gene from the gene encoding a second .beta.-lactamase in P. cepacia 249. Expression of penA was inducible in an Escherichia coli host strain by low levels of penicillin. The 33,500-molecular-weight enzyme had penicillinase activity not inhibited by clavulanic acid or sulbactam and was highly active against piperacillin and azlocillin. In comparison with other inducible .beta.-lactamases produced by gram-negative organisms, the penA enzyme had many properties which were similar to those of the penicillinase produced by Alcaligenes faecalis. It was unlike the ampC-type cephalosporinase produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.