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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2000

Spirochaeta aurantia has diacetyl chloramphenicol esterase activity.

C D Sohaskey, A G Barbour

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C D SohaskeyDepartments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
A G Barbour
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BASIS OF BORRELIA PATHOGENESISR37AI024424 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BARBOUR, ALAN G. · 2001 to 2010
$3.5M
MOLECULAR BASIS OF BORRELIA PATHOGENESISR01AI024424 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI BARBOUR, ALAN G. · 1987 to 2000
$339k
NIAID NIH HHS AI24424NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI024424NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI024424
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The free-living spirochete Spirochaeta aurantia was nearly as susceptible to diacetyl chloramphenicol, the product of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, as it was to chloramphenicol itself. This unexpected susceptibility to diacetyl chloramphenicol was wholly or partly the consequence of intrinsic carboxylesterase activity, as indicated by high-performance liquid chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, and microbiological assays. The esterase converted the diacetate to chloramphenicol, thus inhibiting spirochete growth. The esterase activity was cell associated, reduced by proteinase K, eliminated by boiling, and independent of the presence of either chloramphenicol or diacetyl chloramphenicol. S. aurantia extracts also hydrolyzed other esterase substrates, and two of these, alpha-napthyl acetate and 4-methylumbelliferyl acetate, identified an esterase of approximately 75 kDa in a nondenaturing gel. Carboxylesterases occur in Streptomyces species, but in this study their activity was weaker than that of S. aurantia. The S. aurantia esterase could reduce the effectiveness of cat as either a selectable marker or a reporter gene in this species.

Indexed as

Carboxylic Ester HydrolasesChloramphenicolChromatography, High Pressure LiquidChromatography, Thin LayerEndopeptidase KEscherichia coliHot TemperatureHydrolysisKineticsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular WeightSpirochaetaStreptomycesSubstrate Specificity1,3-diacetylchloramphenicolCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesChloramphenicolEndopeptidase K

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PMID10714999
PMCPMC101882
OpenAlexW2125420465

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