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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Loss of DNA mismatch repair genes leads to acquisition of antibiotic resistance independent of secondary mutations.

David E Bautista, Cassidy R Whitehead, Angela M Mitchell

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3 authors.

David E BautistaDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Cassidy R WhiteheadDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Angela M MitchellDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1062-0716

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Biogenesis of cyclic and phospholipid-linked enterobacterial common antigenR01AI155915 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI MITCHELL, ANGELA MARIE · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
A novel pathway altering OM permeabilityR03AI177677 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI MITCHELL, ANGELA MARIE · 2023 to 2024
$144k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI155915NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI177677
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Abstract

Antibiotic resistant bacteria have been a rising clinical concern for decades. Beyond acquisition of alleles conferring resistance, bacteria under stress (e.g., from changing environmental conditions or mutations) can have higher intrinsic resistance to antibiotics than unstressed cells. This concern is expanded for gram-negative bacteria which have a protective outer membrane serving as an additional barrier against harmful molecules such as antibiotics. Here, we report a pathway which increases antibiotic resistance (i.e., minimum inhibitory concentration) in response to inactivation of the DNA Mismatch Repair pathway (MMR). This pathway led to increased intrinsic resistance and was independent of secondary mutations. Specifically, deletion of the DNA mismatch repair genes

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Antibiotic ResistanceHomologous RecombinationLysisMismatch RepairStress Response

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PMID40667202
PMCPMC12262642

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