New mobile gene cassettes containing an aminoglycoside resistance gene, aacA7, and a chloramphenicol resistance gene, catB3, in an integron in pBWH301

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1995 Mar;39(3):686-93. doi: 10.1128/AAC.39.3.686.

Abstract

The multidrug resistance plasmid pBWH301 was shown to contain a sull-associated integron with five inserted gene cassettes, aacA7-catB3-aadB-oxa2-orfD, all of which can be mobilized by the integron-encoded DNA integrase. The aadB, oxa2, and orfD cassettes are identical to known cassettes. The aacA7 gene encodes a protein that is a member of one of the three known families of aminoglycoside acetyltransferases classified as AAC(6')-I. The chloramphenicol acetyltransferase encoded by the catB3 gene is closely related to members of a recently identified family of chloramphenicol acetyltransferases. The catB3 gene displays a relatively high degree of sequence identity to a chromosomally located open reading frame in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and this may represent evidence for the acquisition by a cassette of a chromosomal gene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetyltransferases / genetics
  • Acetyltransferases / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Aminoglycosides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Base Sequence
  • Chloramphenicol Resistance / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics
  • Genes, Bacterial / physiology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phenotype

Substances

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Acetyltransferases
  • aminoglycoside acetyltransferase

Associated data

  • GENBANK/U13880