title: Molecular and biochemical characterization of a carbapenem-hydrolysing beta-lactamase from Flavobacterium johnsoniae.
abstract: Flavobacterium johnsoniae CIP100931 is resistant to most beta-lactam antibiotics and has a decreased susceptibility to carbapenems. A beta-lactamase gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli DH10B. The purified beta-lactamase, JOHN-1, with a pI value of 9.0 and with a determined relative molecular mass of approximately 27 kDa was found to be a monomeric zinc-dependent enzyme that hydrolyses penicillins, narrow- and expanded-spectrum cephalosporins, carbapenems, but not monobactams. Sequence analysis revealed that JOHN-1 is a molecular class B beta-lactamase that is most closely related to BlaB from Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and IND-1 from Chryseobacterium indologenes (47% and 41% amino acid identity, respectively). JOHN-1 is a new member of the highly divergent subclass B1 lineage of metallo-enzymes. Although F. johnsoniae and Chryseobacterium spp. are phylogenetically related bacteria, this report further underlines the heterogeneity of class B beta-lactamases that are naturally produced by environmental Gram-negative aerobes and that are now recognized as the most important reservoir for these beta-lactamase genes.
authors.affiliation: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cédex, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naas
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellais
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000201:enzymology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015780:Carbapenems; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007527:Isoenzymes; C476496:beta-lactamase JOHN-1; D001618:beta-Lactamases