Nucleotide sequence of the ampicillin resistance gene of Escherichia coli plasmid pBR322

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1978 Aug;75(8):3737-41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.8.3737.

Abstract

I have determined the nucleotide sequence of the ampicillin resistance gene of pBR322, an Escherichia coli plasmid that encodes a penicillin beta-lactamase. This gene codes for a protein of 286 amino acid residues. The first 23 amino acids presumably form a signal for secretion, because they do not appear in the mature enzyme, whose partial amino acid sequence has been determined independently.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Ampicillin*
  • Base Sequence
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Genes*
  • Penicillin Resistance*
  • Plasmids*
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

  • Ampicillin
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/J01749
  • GENBANK/J01832
  • GENBANK/K00005
  • GENBANK/M10282
  • GENBANK/M10283
  • GENBANK/M10286
  • GENBANK/M10356
  • GENBANK/M10784
  • GENBANK/M10785
  • GENBANK/M10786