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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-1
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The complete nucleotide sequence and mechanism of action of the tetracycline-resistance determinant, Tet P, from Clostridium perfringens has been determined. Analysis of the 4.4 kb of sequence data revealed the presence of two open reading frames, designated as tetA(P) and tetB(P). The tetA(P) gene appears to encode a 420 amino acid protein (molecular weight 46,079) with twelve transmembrane domains. This gene was shown to be responsible for the active efflux of tetracycline from resistant cells. Although there was some amino acid sequence similarity between the putative TetA(P) protein and other tetracycline efflux proteins, analysis suggested that TetA(P) represented a different type of efflux protein. The tetB(P) gene would encode a putative 652 amino acid protein (molecular weight 72,639) with significant sequence similarity to Tet(M)-like cytoplasmic proteins that specify a ribosomal-protection tetracycline-resistance mechanism. In both C. perfringens and Escherichia coli, tetB(P) encoded low-level resistance to tetracycline and minocycline whereas tetA(P) only conferred tetracycline resistance. The tetA(P) and tetB(P) genes appeared to be linked in an operon, which represented a novel genetic arrangement for tetracycline-resistance determinants. It is proposed that tetB(P) evolved from the conjugative transfer into C. perfringens of a tet(M)-like gene from another bacterium.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
403-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Antiporters, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Clostridium perfringens, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Models, Structural, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-RNA, Ribosomal, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Tetracycline, pubmed-meshheading:8170402-Tetracycline Resistance
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The Clostridium perfringens Tet P determinant comprises two overlapping genes: tetA(P), which mediates active tetracycline efflux, and tetB(P), which is related to the ribosomal protection family of tetracycline-resistance determinants.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't