Distinction between the Cfr methyltransferase conferring antibiotic resistance and the housekeeping RlmN methyltransferase
(2013) In Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 57(8). p.4019-4026- Abstract
The cfr gene encodes the Cfr methyltransferase that primarily methylates C-8 in A2503 of 23S rRNA in the peptidyl transferase region of bacterial ribosomes. The methylation provides resistance to six classes of antibiotics of clinical and veterinary importance. The rlmN gene encodes the RlmN methyltransferase that methylates C-2 in A2503 in 23S rRNA and A37 in tRNA, but RlmN does not significantly influence antibiotic resistance. The enzymes are homologous and use the same mechanism involving radical S-adenosyl methionine to methylate RNA via an intermediate involving a methylated cysteine in the enzyme and a transient cross-linking to the RNA, but they differ in which carbon atom in the adenine they methylate. Comparative sequence... (More)
The cfr gene encodes the Cfr methyltransferase that primarily methylates C-8 in A2503 of 23S rRNA in the peptidyl transferase region of bacterial ribosomes. The methylation provides resistance to six classes of antibiotics of clinical and veterinary importance. The rlmN gene encodes the RlmN methyltransferase that methylates C-2 in A2503 in 23S rRNA and A37 in tRNA, but RlmN does not significantly influence antibiotic resistance. The enzymes are homologous and use the same mechanism involving radical S-adenosyl methionine to methylate RNA via an intermediate involving a methylated cysteine in the enzyme and a transient cross-linking to the RNA, but they differ in which carbon atom in the adenine they methylate. Comparative sequence analysis identifies differentially conserved residues that indicate functional sequence divergence between the two classes of Cfr- and RlmN-like sequences. The differentiation between the two classes is supported by previous and new experimental evidence from antibiotic resistance, primer extensions, and mass spectrometry. Finally, evolutionary aspects of the distribution of Cfr- and RlmN-like enzymes are discussed.
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- author
- Atkinson, Gemma C LU ; Hansen, Lykke H ; Tenson, Tanel ; Rasmussen, Anette ; Kirpekar, Finn and Vester, Birte
- publishing date
- 2013-08
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Amino Acid Sequence, Bacterial Proteins/genetics, Consensus Sequence, Databases, Protein, Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics, Drug Resistance, Microbial/genetics, Escherichia coli/enzymology, Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics, Genes, Bacterial, Genetic Variation, Methylation, Methyltransferases/genetics, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Plasmids/genetics, RNA, Bacterial/genetics, RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Analysis, Protein, Staphylococcus/enzymology
- in
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- volume
- 57
- issue
- 8
- pages
- 4019 - 4026
- publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84880268294
- pmid:23752511
- ISSN
- 1098-6596
- DOI
- 10.1128/AAC.00448-13
- language
- English
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- no
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- a276022f-3b2d-4b02-81fc-b09c9ca647fc
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abstract = {{<p>The cfr gene encodes the Cfr methyltransferase that primarily methylates C-8 in A2503 of 23S rRNA in the peptidyl transferase region of bacterial ribosomes. The methylation provides resistance to six classes of antibiotics of clinical and veterinary importance. The rlmN gene encodes the RlmN methyltransferase that methylates C-2 in A2503 in 23S rRNA and A37 in tRNA, but RlmN does not significantly influence antibiotic resistance. The enzymes are homologous and use the same mechanism involving radical S-adenosyl methionine to methylate RNA via an intermediate involving a methylated cysteine in the enzyme and a transient cross-linking to the RNA, but they differ in which carbon atom in the adenine they methylate. Comparative sequence analysis identifies differentially conserved residues that indicate functional sequence divergence between the two classes of Cfr- and RlmN-like sequences. The differentiation between the two classes is supported by previous and new experimental evidence from antibiotic resistance, primer extensions, and mass spectrometry. Finally, evolutionary aspects of the distribution of Cfr- and RlmN-like enzymes are discussed. </p>}},
author = {{Atkinson, Gemma C and Hansen, Lykke H and Tenson, Tanel and Rasmussen, Anette and Kirpekar, Finn and Vester, Birte}},
issn = {{1098-6596}},
keywords = {{Amino Acid Sequence; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Consensus Sequence; Databases, Protein; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics; Drug Resistance, Microbial/genetics; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Genes, Bacterial; Genetic Variation; Methylation; Methyltransferases/genetics; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Plasmids/genetics; RNA, Bacterial/genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, Protein; Staphylococcus/enzymology}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{8}},
pages = {{4019--4026}},
publisher = {{American Society for Microbiology}},
series = {{Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy}},
title = {{Distinction between the Cfr methyltransferase conferring antibiotic resistance and the housekeeping RlmN methyltransferase}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00448-13}},
doi = {{10.1128/AAC.00448-13}},
volume = {{57}},
year = {{2013}},
}