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J Bacteriol. 1993 March; 175(6): 1796-1805

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Characterization of transposon Tn5086, carrying the site-specifically inserted gene dhfrVII mediating trimethoprim resistance.

Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Sweden.

ABSTRACT

Two different enteric plasmids of widely separate origins were observed to carry a new 15.3-kb trimethoprim resistance transposon, Tn5086, also mediating resistance to mercuric ions and to a low level of sulfonamide. The trimethoprim resistance gene characterized from Tn5086 was found to be distinct from those found earlier and was designated type VII. Molecular analysis demonstrated that Tn5086 is closely related to Tn21. The internal part of Tn21 and Tn5086, the element referred to as the integron, was found to be different. First, the integron of Tn5086 contains a 0.62-kb cassette formed by the trimethoprim resistance gene dhfrVII and its immediate surroundings instead of the 0.86-kb aadA1 cassette of Tn21. Second, the integron of Tn5086 lacks a 4.2-kb segment 3' of sulI in Tn21. The dhfrVII gene commences with a UUG codon but was otherwise seen to be markedly related to the cassette genes dhfrI, dhfrV, and dhfrVI. The four related dihydrofolate reductases of 157 amino acids encoded by these genes contain a glutamate instead of the aspartic acid residue found at position 27 of the active center of the chromosomal enzyme from Escherichia coli.

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