Characterization of a chromosomally encoded extended-spectrum class A beta-lactamase from Kluyvera cryocrescens

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Dec;45(12):3595-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.12.3595-3598.2001.

Abstract

A chromosomally located beta-lactamase gene, cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli from a reference strain of the enterobacterial species Kluyvera cryocrescens, encoded a clavulanic acid-inhibited Ambler class A enzyme, KLUC-1, with a pI value of 7.4. KLUC-1 shared 86% amino acid identity with a subgroup of plasmid-mediated CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (CTX-M-1, -3, -10, -11, and -12), the most closely related enzymes, and 77% amino acid identity with KLUA-1 from Kluyvera ascorbata. The substrate profile of KLUC-1 corresponded to that of CTX-M-type enzymes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Cephalosporins / metabolism
  • Chromosomes, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics*
  • Genes, Bacterial / genetics
  • Kinetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Open Reading Frames / genetics
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Substrate Specificity
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY026417