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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2002, p. 3561-3567, Vol. 46, No. 11
0066-4804/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.11.3561-3567.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Chromosome-Encoded ß-Lactamases TUS-1 and MUS-1 from Myroides odoratus and Myroides odoratimimus (Formerly Flavobacterium odoratum), New Members of the Lineage of Molecular Subclass B1 Metalloenzymes

Hedi Mammeri, Samuel Bellais, and Patrice Nordmann*

Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cédex, France

Received 24 January 2002/ Returned for modification 6 May 2002/ Accepted 10 August 2002

Myroides odoratus and Myroides odoratimimus (formerly designated in a single species as Flavobacterium odoratum) are gram-negative aerobes and sources of nosocomial infections in humans. They have variable susceptibility to ß-lactams and a decreased susceptibility to carbapenems. Using genomic DNAs of M. odoratus CIP 103105 and M. odoratimimus CIP 103073 reference strains, shotgun cloning of ß-lactamase genes was performed, followed by protein expression in Escherichia coli. The deduced amino acid sequences of these ß-lactamase genes revealed that TUS-1 and MUS-1 from M. odoratus CIP 103105 and M. odoratimimus CIP 103073, respectively, shared 73% amino acid identity. Mature proteins TUS-1 and MUS-1, with pI values of 7.8 and 5.2, respectively, had relative molecular masses of ca. 26 kDa. These ß-lactamases are members of the subclass B1 of metallo-ß-lactamases and are distantly related to other metalloenzymes, being most closely related to IND-1 from Chryseobacterium indologenes (42% amino acid identity). However, phylogenic analysis showed that TUS-1 and MUS-1 belong to the same phylogenic lineage of subclass B1 enzymes that groups the subclass B1 ß-lactamases of Flavobacterium species. Kinetic parameters of purified ß-lactamases TUS-1 and MUS-1 detailed their hydrolysis spectra, which encompass most ß-lactams except aztreonam. ß-Lactamases TUS-1 and MUS-1 were classified in functional subgroup 3a of metalloenzymes. This work further characterizes chromosome-encoded metalloenzymes from Flavobacteriaceae species that explain at least part of their intrinsic resistance to ß-lactams.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France. Phone: 33-1-45-21-36-32. Fax: 33-1-45-21-63-40. E-mail: nordmann.patrice{at}bct.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2002, p. 3561-3567, Vol. 46, No. 11
0066-4804/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.11.3561-3567.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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