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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2014

Bacillus anthracis GrlAV96A topoisomerase IV, a quinolone resistance mutation that does not affect the water-metal ion bridge.

Katie J Aldred, Erin J Breland, Sylvia A McPherson, Charles L Turnbough, Robert J Kerns, Neil Osheroff

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Katie J AldredDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Erin J BrelandDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Sylvia A McPhersonDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Charles L TurnboughDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Robert J KernsDivision of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Neil OsheroffDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA neil.osheroff@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

TRAINING IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32GM007628 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BARNETT, JOEY VICTOR, KAVALALI, EGE T · 1985 to 2022
$11.2M
BIOCHEMICAL &CHEMICAL TRAINING FOR CANCER RESEARCHT32CA009582 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI David K Cortez · 1987 to 2026
$8.8M
FUNCTION AND BIOLOGY OF EUKARYOTIC DNA TOPOISOMERASESR01GM033944 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI OSHEROFF, NEIL · 1985 to 2015
$5.5M
Antibacterial Agents that Restrict the Emergence of ResistanceR01AI087671 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI KERNS, ROBERT JOHN · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
Structure and Function of the B. anthracis ExosporiumR56AI081775 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI TURNBOUGH, CHARLES LEE · 2009 to 2010
$870k
Mechanism of Quinolone ResistanceI01BX002198 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI OSHEROFF, NEIL · 2015 to 2023
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BLRD VA I01 BX002198NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009582NCI NIH HHS T32 CA09582NIAID NIH HHS AI81775NIAID NIH HHS AI87671NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087671NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI081775NIGMS NIH HHS GM33944NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM033944NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007628
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rise in quinolone resistance is threatening the clinical use of this important class of broad-spectrum antibacterials. Quinolones kill bacteria by increasing the level of DNA strand breaks generated by the type II topoisomerases gyrase and topoisomerase IV. Most commonly, resistance is caused by mutations in the serine and acidic amino acid residues that anchor a water-metal ion bridge that facilitates quinolone-enzyme interactions. Although other mutations in gyrase and topoisomerase IV have been reported in quinolone-resistant strains, little is known regarding their contributions to cellular quinolone resistance. To address this issue, we characterized the effects of the V96A mutation in the A subunit of Bacillus anthracis topoisomerase IV on quinolone activity. The results indicate that this mutation causes an ∼ 3-fold decrease in quinolone potency and reduces the stability of covalent topoisomerase IV-cleaved DNA complexes. However, based on metal ion usage, the V96A mutation does not disrupt the function of the water-metal ion bridge. A similar level of resistance to quinazolinediones (which do not use the bridge) was seen. V96A is the first topoisomerase IV mutation distal to the water-metal ion bridge demonstrated to decrease quinolone activity. It also represents the first A subunit mutation reported to cause resistance to quinazolinediones. This cross-resistance suggests that the V96A change has a global effect on the structure of the drug-binding pocket of topoisomerase IV.

Indexed as

MutationAlanineAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacillus anthracisCations, DivalentCiprofloxacinDNA, BacterialDNA Topoisomerase IVDrug Resistance, BacterialFluoroquinolonesManganeseModels, MolecularMoxifloxacinNickelProtein SubunitsRecombinant ProteinsAlanineAnti-Bacterial AgentsCations, DivalentCiprofloxacinDNA, BacterialDNA Topoisomerase IVFluoroquinolonesManganeseMoxifloxacinNickelProtein SubunitsRecombinant ProteinsTopoisomerase InhibitorsValineWater

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PMID25246407
PMCPMC4249509
OpenAlexW2005042807

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