Genetic and biochemical characterization of FRI-3, a novel variant of the Ambler class A carbapenemase FRI-1

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (10) ◽  
pp. 2891-2894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Schauer ◽  
Sören G Gatermann ◽  
Matthias Marschal ◽  
Niels Pfennigwerth
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Class A ◽  
Carbapenem Resistant ◽  
New Variant ◽  
Novel Variant ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Phenotypic Tests

Abstract Objectives To characterize a new variant of the FRI class A carbapenemase isolated from an MDR clinical Enterobacter cloacae isolate. Methods A carbapenem-resistant E. cloacae was isolated from a rectal swab from a patient in an ICU in Southern Germany. Various phenotypic tests confirmed production of a putative class A carbapenemase. The new bla gene variant, blaFRI-3, and its genetic environment were characterized by WGS. Biochemical characterization was performed by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli TOP10 and by purification of the enzyme with subsequent determination of its kinetic parameters. Results PCR and sequencing carried out for different class A carbapenemase genes confirmed the presence of a novel variant of blaFRI-1. The novel variant was named FRI-3 and exhibited 91%, 96% and 92% amino acid identity to FRI-1, FRI-2 and FRI-4, respectively. E. coli TOP10 expressing blaFRI-3 showed increased resistance to almost all β-lactams. Comparing the catalytic behaviour of FRI-3 and FRI-1, it was shown that FRI-3 had the same substrate spectrum, but basically hydrolysed β-lactams less efficiently than FRI-1. WGS data revealed that blaFRI-3 was located on a 111 kb plasmid. Conclusions The biochemical characterization of FRI-3 illustrates that even a few differences in the amino acid sequence can lead to altered catalytic activities of β-lactamases belonging to the same family.

scholarly journals Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of a Novel Class A β-Lactamase (HER-1) from Escherichia hermannii

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 2669-2673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Beauchef-Havard ◽  
Guillaume Arlet ◽  
Valerie Gautier ◽  
Roger Labia ◽  
Patrick Grimont ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Aeromonas Hydrophila ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Acid Identity ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Class A ◽  
Moderate Susceptibility

ABSTRACT Escherichia hermannii showed a low level of resistance to amoxicillin and ticarcillin, reversed by clavulanate, and a moderate susceptibility to piperacillin but was susceptible to all cephalosporins. A bla gene was cloned and encoded a typical class A β-lactamase (HER-1, pI 7.5), which shares 45, 44, 41, and 40% amino acid identity with other β-lactamases, AER-1 from Aeromonas hydrophila, MAL-1/Cko-1 from Citrobacter koseri, and TEM-1 and LEN-1, respectively. No ampR gene was detected. Only penicillins were efficiently hydrolyzed, and no hydrolysis was observed for cefuroxime and broad-spectrum cephalosporins. Sequencing of the bla gene in 12 other strains showed 98 to 100% identity with bla HER-1.

scholarly journals Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Ambler Class A Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase CGA-1 from Chryseobacterium gleum

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 966-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Bellais ◽  
Thierry Naas ◽  
Patrice Nordmann
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Functional Group ◽  
Susceptibility Testing ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing ◽  
Acid Identity ◽  
Class A ◽  
Chryseobacterium Gleum

ABSTRACT Antibiotic susceptibility testing by disk diffusion of a Chryseobacterium gleum isolate, strain CIP 103039, showed a typical synergy image between clavulanic acid and expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. Shotgun cloning gave a recombinant plasmid in Escherichia coli that produced a β-lactamase, CGA-1, with a pI value of 8.9 that conferred resistance to most penicillins (except ureidopenicillins) and narrow-spectrum cephalosporins and an intermediate susceptibility to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and aztreonam. The CGA-1 amino acid sequence shared only 60% amino acid identity with CME-1 and CME-2 from Chryseobacterium meningosepticum, the most closely related β-lactamases. CGA-1 was very likely chromosome encoded. It is a novel member of the PER subgroup of Ambler class A β-lactamases (Bush functional group 2be).

scholarly journals Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of CGB-1, an Ambler Class B Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing β-Lactamase from Chryseobacterium gleum

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 2791-2796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Bellais ◽  
Thierry Naas ◽  
Patrice Nordmann
Keyword(s):  
Reference Strain ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Relative Molecular Mass ◽  
Class A ◽  
Molecular Subclass ◽  
Class B ◽  
Lactamase Gene ◽  
Chryseobacterium Gleum

ABSTRACT Chryseobacterium gleum (previously included in the Flavobacterium IIb species) is a gram-negative aerobe that is a source of nosocomial infections. An Ambler class B β-lactamase gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli from reference strain C. gleum CIP 103039 that had reduced susceptibility to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems. The purified β-lactamase, CGB-1, with a pI value of 8.6 and a determined relative molecular mass of ca. 26 kDa, hydrolyzed penicillins; narrow- and expanded-spectrum cephalosporins; and carbapenems. CGB-1 was a novel member of the molecular subclass B1 of metallo-enzymes. It had 83 and 42% amino acid identity with IND-1 from Chryseobacterium indologenes and BlaB from C. meningosepticum, respectively. Thus, in addition to the previously characterized clavulanic acid-inhibited extended-spectrum β-lactamase CGA-1 of Ambler class A, C. gleum produces a very likely chromosome-borne class B β-lactamase.

GPC-1, a novel class A carbapenemase detected in a clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 911-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Schauer ◽  
Sören G Gatermann ◽  
Daniel Hoffmann ◽  
Lars Hupfeld ◽  
Niels Pfennigwerth
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Heterologous Expression ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Resistance Mechanism ◽  
Carbapenem Resistance ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Class A ◽  
Carbapenem Resistant

Abstract Objectives To investigate the carbapenem resistance mechanism of a carbapenem-resistant clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate. Methods A carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa isolate was recovered from a tracheal swab from a patient of a general ward in central Germany. Various phenotypic tests confirmed production of a carbapenemase that could not be identified further by PCR. A novel bla gene was identified by WGS and its carbapenemase activity was verified by heterologous expression in an Escherichia coli cloning strain. Kinetic parameters of the novel β-lactamase were determined by spectrophotometric measurements using purified enzyme. Results WGS confirmed the presence of a novel class A carbapenemase. The novel bla gene was named GPC-1 (GPC standing for German Pseudomonas Carbapenemase) and exhibited 77% amino acid identity to BKC-1. WGS also showed that blaGPC-1 was located on the chromosome surrounded by multiple ISs as part of a 26 kb genetic island. Heterologous expression of GPC-1 in E. coli TOP10 led to increased MICs of penicillins, oxyimino-cephalosporins, aztreonam and imipenem, but not of meropenem or ertapenem. Spectrophotometric measurements supported the MIC studies, but detected a slight hydrolysis of ertapenem and meropenem when using high concentrations of purified enzyme. Conclusions The biochemical characterization of GPC-1 emphasizes the ongoing emergence of novel carbapenemases. Strains expressing a weak carbapenemase like GPC-1 might go unrecognized by routine diagnostics due to low MICs for the bacterial strains producing such enzymes.

scholarly journals Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of the Chromosome-Encoded Class A β-Lactamase BCL-1 from Bacillus clausii

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
pp. 4009-4014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delphine Girlich ◽  
Roland Leclercq ◽  
Thierry Naas ◽  
Patrice Nordmann
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Acid Identity ◽  
Class A ◽  
Bacillus Clausii ◽  
Its Gene ◽  
Lactamase Gene ◽  
Reference Strains

ABSTRACT A chromosomal β-lactamase gene from Bacillus clausii NR, which is used as a probiotic, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. It encodes a clavulanic acid-susceptible Ambler class A β-lactamase, BCL-1, with a pI of 5.5 and a molecular mass of ca. 32 kDa. It shares 91% and 62% amino acid identity with the chromosomally encoded PenP penicillinases from B. clausii KSM-K16 and Bacillus licheniformis, respectively. The hydrolytic profile of this β-lactamase includes penicillins, narrow-spectrum cephalosporins, and cefpirome. This chromosome-encoded enzyme was inducible in B. clausii, and its gene is likely related to upstream-located regulatory genes that share significant identity with those reported to be upstream of the penicillinase gene of B. licheniformis. The bla BCL-1 gene was located next to the known chromosomal aadD2 gene and the erm34 gene, which encode resistance to aminoglycosides and macrolides, respectively. Similar genes were found in a collection of B. clausii reference strains.

scholarly journals Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the Chromosomal Class A β-Lactamases of Raoultella (formerly Klebsiella) planticola and Raoultella ornithinolytica

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 305-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estelle Walckenaer ◽  
Laurent Poirel ◽  
Véronique Leflon-Guibout ◽  
Patrice Nordmann ◽  
Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine
Keyword(s):  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Hydrolytic Activity ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Resistance Pattern ◽  
Strain Atcc ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Class A ◽  
Amplification Method

ABSTRACT Enterobacterial strains of Raoultella spp. display a penicillinase-related β-lactam resistance pattern suggesting the presence of a chromosomal bla gene. From whole-cell DNA of Raoultella planticola strain ATCC 33531T and Raoultella ornithinolytica strain ATCC 31898T, bla genes were cloned and expressed into Escherichia coli. Each gene encoded an Ambler class A β-lactamase, named PLA-1 and ORN-1 for R. planticola and R. ornithinolytica, respectively. These β-lactamases (291 amino acids), with the same pI value of 7.8, had a shared amino acid identity of 94%, 37 to 47% identity with the majority of the chromosome-encoded class A β-lactamases previously described for Enterobacteriaceae, and 66 to 69% identity with the two β-lactamases LEN-1 and SHV-1 from Klebsiella pneumoniae. However, the highest identity percentage (69 to 71%) was found with the plasmid-mediated β-lactamase TEM-1. PLA-1, which displayed very strong hydrolytic activity against penicillins, also displayed significant hydrolytic activity against cefepime and, to a lesser extent, against cefotaxime and aztreonam, but there was no hydrolytic activity against ceftazidime. Such a substrate profile suggests that the Raoultella β-lactamases PLA-1 and ORN-1 should be classified into the group 2be of the β-lactamase classification of K. Bush, G. A. Jacoby, and A. A. Medeiros (Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 39:1211-1233, 1995). The highly homologous regions upstream of the bla PLA-1A and bla ORN-1A genes comprised a nucleotide sequence identical to the −35 region and another one very close to the −10 region of the bla LEN-1 gene. From now on, as the bla gene sequences of the most frequent Raoultella and Klebsiella species are available, the bla gene amplification method can be used to differentiate these species from each other, which the biochemical tests currently carried out in the clinical laboratory are unable to do.

scholarly journals Characterization of a Chromosomally Encoded Extended-Spectrum Class A β-Lactamase from Kluyvera cryocrescens

2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 3595-3598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean W. Decousser ◽  
Laurent Poirel ◽  
Patrice Nordmann
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Reference Strain ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Acid Identity ◽  
Class A ◽  
Extended Spectrum ◽  
Kluyvera Ascorbata ◽  
Lactamase Gene ◽  
Kluyvera Cryocrescens

ABSTRACT A chromosomally located β-lactamase gene, cloned and expressed inEscherichia coli from a reference strain of the enterobacterial species Kluyvera cryocrescens, encoded a clavulanic acid-inhibited Ambler class A enzyme, KLUC-1, with a pI value of 7.4. KLUC-1 shared 86% amino acid identity with a subgroup of plasmid-mediated CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases (CTX-M-1, -3, -10, -11, and -12), the most closely related enzymes, and 77% amino acid identity with KLUA-1 from Kluyvera ascorbata.The substrate profile of KLUC-1 corresponded to that of CTX-M-type enzymes.

scholarly journals Characterization of the Naturally Occurring Oxacillinase of Acinetobacter baumannii

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 4174-4179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Héritier ◽  
Laurent Poirel ◽  
Pierre-Edouard Fournier ◽  
Jean-Michel Claverie ◽  
Didier Raoult ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Acinetobacter Baumannii ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Acid Identity ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Narrow Spectrum ◽  
Naturally Occurring

ABSTRACT A chromosomally encoded oxacillinase, OXA-69, was characterized from Acinetobacter baumannii AYE. β-Lactamase OXA-69 shared 97% amino acid identity with the recently described OXA-51 enzyme of A. baumannii and 62 and 56% amino acid identity with the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinases OXA-24 and OXA-23, respectively. Biochemical characterization of the purified OXA-69 revealed a narrow-spectrum hydrolysis profile but including, at a low level, imipenem and meropenem. By PCR and sequencing bla OXA-69-like genes were identified in all A. baumannii strains tested (n = 12), suggesting that this oxacillinase is naturally occurring in that species.

scholarly journals Structural and biochemical characterization of the novel CTX-M-151 extended-spectrum β-lactamase and its inhibition by Avibactam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Ghiglione ◽  
María Margarita Rodríguez ◽  
Florencia Brunetti ◽  
Krisztina M. Papp-Wallace ◽  
Ayumi Yoshizumi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Chair Conformation ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Proton Relay ◽  
Low Degree

The diazabicyclooctane (DBO) inhibitor, avibactam (AVI), reversibly inactivates most serine-β-lactamases including the CTX-M β-lactamases. Currently, more than 230 CTX-M unique members distributed in five clusters with less than 5% amino acid sequence divergence within each group are described. Recently, a variant named as CTX-M-151 was isolated from a Salmonella Choleraesuis strain in Japan. This variant possesses a low degree amino acid identity with the other CTX-Ms (63.2-69.7% with respect to the mature proteins), and thus it may represent a new sub-group within the family. CTX-M-151 hydrolyzes ceftriaxone better than ceftazidime (kcat/Km values 6,000-fold higher), as observed with CTX-Ms. CTX-M-151 is well inhibited by mechanism-based inhibitors like clavulanic acid (kinact/KI = 0.15 μM−1.s−1). For AVI, Ki app (0.4 μM) was comparable to KPC-2; k2/K (37,000 M−1s−1) was lower than for CTX-M-15, while the koff (0.0015 s−1) was 2-14-fold faster than other class A β-lactamases. The structure of the CTX-M-151/AVI complex (1.32 Å) reveals that AVI adopts a chair conformation with hydrogen bonds between the AVI carbamate and Ser70 and Ser237 at the oxyanion hole. Upon acylation, the side chain of Lys73 points towards Ser130 which is associated with the protonation of Glu166, supporting the role of Lys73 in the proton-relay pathway and Glu166 as the general base in deacylation. To our knowledge, this is the first chromosomally-encoded CTX-M in Salmonella Choleraesuis that shows similar hydrolytic preference towards cefotaxime/ceftriaxone when compared to ceftazidime.

scholarly journals Biochemical Characterization of CPS-1, a Subclass B3 Metallo-β-Lactamase from a Chryseobacterium piscium Soil Isolate

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 1869-1873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dereje Dadi Gudeta ◽  
Simona Pollini ◽  
Jean-Denis Docquier ◽  
Valeria Bortolaia ◽  
Gian Maria Rossolini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Acid Identity ◽  
Soil Isolate

CPS-1 is a subclass B3 metallo-β-lactamase from aChryseobacteriumpisciumisolate collected from soil, showing 68% amino acid identity to the GOB-1 enzyme. CPS-1 was overproduced inEscherichia coliRosetta (DE3), purified by chromatography, and biochemically characterized. This enzyme exhibits a broad-spectrum substrate profile, including penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems, which overall resembles those of L1, GOB-1, and acquired subclass B3 enzymes AIM-1 and SMB-1.

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