Proteolytic cleavage of the repressor (BlaI) of beta-lactamase synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus

被引:22
作者
Lewis, RA [1 ]
Curnock, SP [1 ]
Dyke, KGH [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Biochem, Microbiol Unit, Oxford OX1 3QU, England
基金
英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会;
关键词
BlaI; BlaR1; beta-lactamase; Staphylococcus aureus;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00366-3
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The proteolytic cleavage of BlaI was shown to correlate with beta-lactamase synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus. BlaI was found to be autoregulatory when expressed from the blaZ promoter. Insertion of a 10-bp linker into the SnaBI site of blaRI resulted in constitutive synthesis of beta-lactamase. (C) 1999 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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