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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion ETD, Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Escherichia Coli
SUBMITTER: Egor Vorontsov
LAB HEAD: Dan I Andersson
PROVIDER: PXD007647 | Pride | 2019-07-29
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Thulin Elisabeth E Andersson Dan I DI
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20190923 10
Mecillinam (amdinocillin) is a β-lactam antibiotic that inhibits the essential penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2). In clinical isolates of <i>Escherichia coli</i> from urinary tract infections, inactivation of the <i>cysB</i> gene (which encodes the main regulator of cysteine biosynthesis, CysB) is the major cause of resistance. How a nonfunctional CysB protein confers resistance is unknown, however, and in this study we wanted to examine the mechanism of resistance. Results show that <i>cysB</ ...[more]