title: Analysis of the aac(3)-VIa gene encoding a novel 3-N-acetyltransferase.
abstract: Biochemical analysis (G. A. Papanicolaou, R. S. Hare, R. Mierzwa, and G. H. Miller, abstr. 152, Program Abstr. 29th Intersci. Conf. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 1989) demonstrated the presence of a novel 3-N-acetyltransferase in Enterobacter cloacae 88020217. This organism was resistant to gentamicin, and the MIC of 2'-N-ethylnetilmicin for it was fourfold lower than that of 6'-N-ethylnetilmicin, a resistance pattern which suggested 2'-acetylating activity. However, high-pressure liquid chromatography analysis demonstrated that the enzyme acetylated sisomicin in the 3 position. We have cloned the structural gene for this enzyme from a large (> 70-kb) conjugative plasmid present in E. cloacae. Subcloning experiments have localized the aac(3)-VIa gene to a 2.1-kb Sau3A fragment. The deduced AAC(3)-VIa protein showed 48% amino acid identity to the AAC(3)-IIa protein and 39% identity to the AAC(3)-VII protein. Examination of the 5'-flanking sequences demonstrated that the aac(3)-VIa gene was located 167 bp downstream of the aadA1 gene and was present in an integron. In addition, the aac(3)-VIa gene is also downstream of a 59-base element often seen in an integron environment. Primer extension analysis has identified a promoter for the aac(3)-VIa gene downstream of both the aadA1 gene and a 59-base element.
authors.affiliation: Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07003.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Rather
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mierzwa
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hare
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase