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SUBMITTER: Nordmann P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3318389 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nordmann Patrice P Boulanger Anne E AE Poirel Laurent L
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20120117 4
A clinical Escherichia coli isolate resistant to all β-lactams, including carbapenems, expressed a novel metallo-β-lactamase (MBL), NDM-4, differing from NDM-1 by a single amino acid substitution (Met154Leu). NDM-4 possessed increased hydrolytic activity toward carbapenems and several cephalosporins compared to that of NDM-1. This amino acid substitution was not located in the known active sites of NDM-1, indicating that remote amino acid substitutions might also play a role in the extended acti ...[more]