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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 370, 期 1, 页码 140-144出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.045
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methyltransferase; 16S rRNA; kanamycin resistance; Sorangium cellulosum; Myxococcus xanthus
A locus (kmr) responsible for aminoglycosides-resistance of Sorangium cellulosum was cloned and characterized in Myxococcus xanthus. The gene kmr encodes a putative rRNA methyltransferase. Expression of the complete ORF endowed the Myxococcus transformants with the resistance to aminoglycosidic antibiotics of kanamycin, apramycin, gentamycin, neomycin, and tobramycin at an extraordinary high-level (MIC, higher than 500 mu g/ml). However, the gene did not function in Escherichia coli cells. In Sorangium genome, the gene kmr was followed by a putative integrase gene, and was highly homologous in different Sorangium strains. The Sorangium rRNA methyltransferase sequence was in low similarity to the reported 16S rRNA methyltransferases, and their resistance spectrums were also different. The results indicate that the rRNA methyltransferase (Kmr) in Sorangium strains is a new member of the rRNA methyltransferases family. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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