Nonaka Lisa, Suzuki Satoru
Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 May;46(5):1550-2. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.5.1550-1552.2002.
A new oxytetracycline (OTC) resistance (Otc(r)) determinant, Tet 34, was cloned from chromosomal DNA of Vibrio sp. no. 6 isolated from intestinal contents of cultured yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata). The transformant, containing cloned Tet 34, could grow in broth containing 25 microg of drug per ml with 10 mM MgCl2. Tet 34 encoded an open reading frame (ORF) 154 amino acids long. The amino acid sequence of the ORF was homologous to sequences of several bacterial xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferases (XPRTs), which act in purine nucleotide salvage synthesis. Mg2+ binding site residues and the active site were highly conserved in XPRT and the ORF of Tet 34. The results suggest that Tet 34 encodes a new Mg2+-dependent Otc(r) mechanism.
从养殖黄尾鱼(Seriola quinqueradiata)肠道内容物中分离出的弧菌属6号菌株的染色体DNA中克隆出一种新的土霉素(OTC)抗性(Otc(r))决定簇Tet 34。含有克隆的Tet 34的转化体能够在每毫升含有25微克药物并添加10 mM氯化镁的肉汤中生长。Tet 34编码一个长度为154个氨基酸的开放阅读框(ORF)。该ORF的氨基酸序列与几种细菌黄嘌呤-鸟嘌呤磷酸核糖转移酶(XPRT)的序列同源,这些酶参与嘌呤核苷酸补救合成。Mg2+结合位点残基和活性位点在XPRT和Tet 34的ORF中高度保守。结果表明,Tet 34编码一种新的依赖Mg2+的Otc(r)机制。