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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 1998, p. 1281-1283, Vol. 42, No. 5
Department of
Bacteriology1 and
Quality Control
Laboratory,
Received 8 October 1997/Returned for modification 9 January
1998/Accepted 17 February 1998
The effect of replacement of Met-69 by Ile or Val on the properties
of the extended-spectrum
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Properties of Mutant SHV-5
-Lactamases Constructed by
Substitution of Isoleucine or Valine for Methionine at Position
69
-lactamase SHV-5 was studied. Mutant
enzymes were constructed by site-specific mutagenesis and expressed
under isogenic conditions in Escherichia coli
DH5
cells. Compared with SHV-5, the mutant
-lactamases conferred
lower levels of
-lactam resistance and were less efficient in
hydrolyzing ampicillin, cephalothin, and cefotaxime. The
substitutions rendered SHV-5 less susceptible to inhibition by
clavulanate, sulbactam, and tazobactam; however, the MICs of
penicillin-inhibitor combinations remained similar, suggesting an
attenuation of penicillinase activity.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Vass. Sofias 127, Athens 11521, Greece. Phone: 30 (1) 6462281. Fax: 30 (1) 6423498. E-mail: Lstbact{at}hotmail.com.
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