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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 277, 期 39, 页码 35801-35807出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M204319200
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The D,D-transpeptidase activity of high molecular weight penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) is essential to maintain cell wall integrity as it catalyzes the final cross-linking step of bacterial peptidoglycan synthesis. We investigated a novel beta-lactam resistance mechanism involving by-pass of the essential PBP's by L,D-transpeptidation in Enterococcus faecium. Determination of the peptidoglycan structure by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry revealed that stepwise selection for ampicillin resistance led to the gradual replacement of the usual cross-links generated by the PBPs (D-Ala(4) --> D-Asx-Lys(3) by cross-links resulting from L,D-transpeptidation (L-Lys(3) --> D-Asx-Lys,). This was associated with no modification of the level of production of the PBPs or of their affinity for beta-lactams, indicating that altered PBP activity was not required for ampicillin resistance. A beta-lactam-insensitive L,D-transpeptidase was detected in membrane preparations of the parental susceptible strain. Acquisition of resistance was not because of variation of this activity. Instead, selection led to production of a beta-lactam-insensitive D,D-carboxypeptidase that cleaved the C-terminal D-Ala residue of pentapeptide stems in vitro and caused massive accumulation of cytoplasmic precursors containing a tetrapeptide stem in vivo. The parallel dramatic increase in the proportion of L-Lyw(3) --> D-Asx-Lys(3) crosslinks showed that the enzyme was activating the resistance pathway by generating the substrate for the L,D-transpeptidase.
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