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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2013

Involvement of mutation in ampD I, mrcA, and at least one additional gene in β-lactamase hyperproduction in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

Asmaa Talfan, Oliver Mounsey, Matthew Charman, Eleanor Townsend, Matthew B Avison

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Asmaa TalfanSchool of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Oliver Mounsey
Matthew Charman
Eleanor Townsend
Matthew B Avison
University of Bristol · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been reported that targeted disruption of ampD I or mrcA causes β-lactamase hyperproduction in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. We show here that β-lactamase-hyperproducing laboratory selected mutants and clinical isolates can have wild-type ampD I and mrcA genes, implicating mutation of at least one additional gene in this phenotype. The involvement of mutations at multiple loci in the activation of β-lactamase production in S. maltophilia reveals that there are significant deviations from the enterobacterial paradigm of AmpR-mediated control of β-lactamase induction. We do show, however, that S. maltophilia ampD I can complement a mutation in Escherichia coli ampD. This suggests that an anhydromuropeptide degradation product of peptidoglycan is used to activate AmpR in S. maltophilia, as is also the case in enteric bacteria.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialMutationBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesEscherichia coliGenetic Complementation TestGenotypeHumansN-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine AmidasePeptidoglycanPhenotypeProteolysisStenotrophomonas maltophiliaAmpD protein, BacteriaAmpR protein, BacteriaBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesN-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine AmidasePeptidoglycan

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PMID23979761
PMCPMC3811264
OpenAlexW2114720004

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