Antonio Martin, McFerran Neil, Pallen Mark J
Microbial Genomics and Pathogenesis Unit, Division of Immunity and Infection, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, BT15 2TT, United Kingdom.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Feb;46(2):438-42. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.438-442.2002.
The isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (ileS) gene was sequenced in toto from 9 and in part from 31 Staphylococcus aureus strains with various degrees of susceptibility to mupirocin. All strains for which the mupirocin MIC was greater than 8 microg/ml contained point mutations affecting the Rossman fold via Val-to-Phe changes at either residue 588 (V588F) or residue 631 (V631F). The importance of the V588F mutation was confirmed by an allele-specific PCR survey of 32 additional strains. Additional mutations of uncertain significance were found in residues clustered on the surface of the IleS protein.
对9株对莫匹罗星具有不同敏感性的金黄色葡萄球菌菌株的异亮氨酰 - tRNA合成酶(ileS)基因进行了全序列测定,并对另外31株进行了部分序列测定。所有莫匹罗星MIC大于8μg/ml的菌株都含有点突变,这些突变通过588位残基(V588F)或631位残基(V631F)的缬氨酸到苯丙氨酸的变化影响罗斯曼折叠。通过对另外32株菌株的等位基因特异性PCR检测证实了V588F突变的重要性。在IleS蛋白表面聚集的残基中发现了其他意义不确定的突变。