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论文题目: Identification of a novel fosfomycin-resistant UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase (MurA) from a soil metagenome
作者: Cheng Gong, Hu Yongfei, Lu Na, Li Jing, Wang Zhiyun, Chen Quanze, Zhu Baoli*
联系作者: Zhu Baoli*
刊物名称: Biotechnol. Lett.
期: 2
卷: 35
页: 273-8
年份: 2013
影响因子: 1.964
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摘要: A soil metagenomic library was constructed and screened for clones that conferred fosfomycin resistance. A novel protein with 46 % identity to UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase (MurA) from Desulfuromonas acetoxidans DSM 684 (GenBank accession number: ZP_01311756) was identified. Multiple sequence alignment revealed that the novel protein was a natural MurA, in which an aspartic acid instead of a cysteine was located in the active site. An Asp120Cys mutant of Escherichia coli was constructed from the subclone through site-specific mutagenesis, and minimum inhibitory concentration of fosfomycin for the resistant subclone and its mutant were determined. These results showed that fosfomycin resistance was a result of the aspartic acid in the active site. Analysis of all existing MurA sequences revealed that MurAs with an active site aspartic acid that can confer fosfomycin resistance occur in ~14 % of bacteria.