title: Aminoglycoside resistance gene ant(4')-IIb of Pseudomonas aeruginosa BM4492, a clinical isolate from Bulgaria.
abstract: The ant(4')-IIb gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa BM4492, which encodes an aminoglycoside 4'-O-adenylyltransferase, was identified as a coding sequence of 756 bp corresponding to a protein with a calculated mass of 27,219 Da. Analysis of the deduced sequence indicated that the protein was related to aminoglycoside 4'-O-adenylyltransferases IIa and Ia found in P. aeruginosa and gram-positive bacteria, respectively. The enzyme conferred resistance to amikacin and tobramycin but not to dibekacin, gentamicin, or netilmicin. The ant(4')-IIb gene had a chromosomal location in five of six clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa tested and was plasmid borne in the remaining strain. The ant(4')-IIb gene was detected by PCR in some clinical strains of P. aeruginosa from the same hospital but not in members of other bacterial genera.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Agents Antibactériens, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
authors.forename: Stefana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabtcheva
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galimand
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerbaud
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courvalin
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents