Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Nov;57(11):5733-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01533-13. Epub 2013 Aug 26.
Alanine substitutions and selected deletions have been used to localize amino acids in QnrB essential for its protective activity. Essential amino acids are found at positions i and i(-2) in the pentapeptide repeat module and in the larger of two loops, where deletion of only a single amino acid compromises activity. Deletion of 10 amino acids at the N terminus is tolerated, but removal of 3 amino acids in the C-terminal dimerization unit destroys activity.
丙氨酸取代和选择性缺失已被用于定位 QnrB 中对其保护活性至关重要的氨基酸。必需氨基酸位于五肽重复模块的 i 位和 i(-2)位以及两个环中的大环中,其中仅缺失一个氨基酸就会影响活性。N 端缺失 10 个氨基酸是可以耐受的,但 C 端二聚化单元中去除 3 个氨基酸会破坏活性。