S. Iyobe et al., CLONING AND EXPRESSION IN ENTEROBACTERIACEAE OF THE EXTENDED-SPECTRUMBETA-LACTAMASE GENE FROM A PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA PLASMID, FEMS microbiology letters, 121(2), 1994, pp. 175-180
An extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, the gene for which is located on
plasmid pMS350 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, hydrolyzes carbapene
ms and other extended-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics. We cloned the
pMS350 beta-lactamase gene in an Escherichia coli K-12 strain using th
e vector plasmid pHSG398, and subcloned it into pMS360, a plasmid with
a wide host-range. This resulted in the formation of the recombinant
plasmid, pMS363, containing a 4.1-kb DNA insert that includes the exte
nded-spectrum beta-lactamase gene. Plasmid pMS363 was introduced into
the P. aeruginosa PAO strain or into six species of Enterobacteriaceae
, and the specific activities of the beta-lactamase and MICs of variou
s beta-lactam antibiotics were estimated. The cloned gene was capable
of expression in these strains and caused resistance to carbapenem, pe
nem and other beta-lactam antibiotics, with the exception of aztreonam
.