DNA gyrase mutations in quinolone-resistant clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1995 Feb;39(2):561-3. doi: 10.1128/AAC.39.2.561.

Abstract

Eight quinolone-resistant clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were shown to carry mutations in their GyrA proteins. Six isolates had a single amino acid change of serine to phenylalanine at the position corresponding to Ser-83 in Escherichia coli. In addition to the change of serine to phenylalanine, two isolates had another change of aspartic acid to asparagine at the position corresponding to Asp-87 in E. coli.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Gyrase
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation*
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / drug effects*
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / enzymology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • DNA Gyrase
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II

Associated data

  • GENBANK/D32252