Sekiguchi Jun-ichiro, Tharavichitkul Prasit, Miyoshi-Akiyama Tohru, Chupia Vena, Fujino Tomoko, Araake Minako, Irie Atsushi, Morita Koji, Kuratsuji Tadatoshi, Kirikae Teruo
Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Sep;49(9):3948-51. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.9.3948-3951.2005.
A novel gene, dfrG, encoding a trimethoprim (TMP)-resistant dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR, designated S3DHFR) was cloned from a clinical isolate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Escherichia coli expressing dfrG was highly resistant to TMP. Recombinant S3DHFR exhibited DHFR activity that was not inhibited by TMP.
从一株耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌临床分离株中克隆出一个新基因dfrG,其编码一种对甲氧苄啶(TMP)耐药的二氢叶酸还原酶(DHFR,命名为S3DHFR)。表达dfrG的大肠杆菌对TMP具有高度耐药性。重组S3DHFR表现出不受TMP抑制的DHFR活性。