Alksne L E, Keeney D, Rasmussen B A
Department of Molecular Biology, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York 10965.
J Bacteriol. 1995 Jan;177(2):462-4. doi: 10.1128/jb.177.2.462-464.1995.
The metallo-beta-lactamase gene, ccrA, from Bacteroides fragilis is functionally expressed in Escherichia coli only in the presence of a genomic mutation in iarA or iarB (increased ampicillin resistance), identified in this study as dsbA or dsbB, respectively. DsbA and DsbB are components of a periplasmic protein disulfide bond-catalyzing system. Data indicated that DsbA interacted with CcrA, creating aberrant disulfide bond linkages that render CcrA proteolytically unstable. Mutations in dsbA or dsbB permissive for CcrA expression eliminated or greatly reduced DsbA activity, allowing CcrA to assume a disulfide bond-free and proteolytically stable conformation.
脆弱拟杆菌的金属β-内酰胺酶基因ccrA仅在iarA或iarB发生基因组突变(氨苄西林抗性增加)时才能在大肠杆菌中功能性表达,本研究分别确定为dsbA或dsbB。DsbA和DsbB是周质蛋白二硫键催化系统的组成部分。数据表明,DsbA与CcrA相互作用,形成异常的二硫键连接,使CcrA在蛋白水解方面不稳定。允许CcrA表达的dsbA或dsbB突变消除或大大降低了DsbA活性,使CcrA呈现无二硫键且蛋白水解稳定的构象。