title: Glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium BM4416 is a VanD-type strain with an impaired D-Alanine:D-Alanine ligase.
abstract: VanD-type Enterococcus faecium BM4416 was constitutively resistant to vancomycin and to teicoplanin by synthesis of peptidoglycan precursors ending in D-alanyl-D-lactate. Like E. faecium BM4339, the only VanD-type strain described so far, BM4416 produced an impaired D-alanine:D-alanine ligase. Unlike for BM4339, which had a 5-bp insertion in ddl, inactivation of the gene in BM4416 was due to insertion of IS19.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Agents Antibactériens, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. brunoper@pasteur.fr
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perichon
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Casadewall
authors.forename: P
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authors.lastname: Reynolds
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authors.lastname: Courvalin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017334:Teicoplanin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D017334:Teicoplanin; D014640:Vancomycin; D010453:Peptide Synthases; C019638:D-alanylalanine synthetase