title: Transcriptional analysis of the Staphylococcus aureus penicillin binding protein 2 gene.
abstract: Sequencing of the vicinity of the staphylococcal pbp2 gene and transcriptional analysis by primer extension and promoter fusions were used to show that pbp2 is part of an operon that also includes a gene with high homology to prfA of Bacillus subtilis. Two distinct promoters were identified directing transcription of pbp2 either alone or together with prfA. It was recently reported that transposon inactivation of pbp2 causes a reduction in methicillin resistance, but complementation experiments were not fully successful. We now show that introduction of the intact pbp2 gene with its two newly identified promoters into the chromosome of the transposon mutant resulted in the full recovery of high-level methicillin resistance.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pinho
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Lencastre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomasz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019677:Artificial Gene Fusion; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006602:Hexosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics*; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase; D009154:Mutation; D009876:Operon; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase