title: Characterization of the 6'-N-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase gene aac(6')-Iq from the integron of a natural multiresistance plasmid.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of a newly identified amikacin resistance gene, aac(6')-Iq (551 bp), is reported. It has 68.4 and 94.4% homology with the aac(6')-Ia gene and the recently described aac(6')-Ip gene, respectively. Analysis of its flanking sequences indicated that it is in the first cassette of a class I integron and has an attC site (59-base element) 108 bp in length.
authors.affiliation: Département de Biochimie, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada. centron@ubamib.edu.ar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Centrón
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000583:Amikacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000583:Amikacin; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C056532:aminoglycoside N(6')-acetyltransferase