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SUBMITTER: Lee JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6882493 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Jung Hun JH Takahashi Masayuki M Jeon Jeong Ho JH Kang Lin-Woo LW Seki Mineaki M Park Kwang Seung KS Hong Myoung-Ki MK Park Yoon Sik YS Kim Tae Yeong TY Karim Asad Mustafa AM Lee Jung-Hyun JH Nashimoto Masayuki M Lee Sang Hee SH
Emerging microbes & infections 20190101 1
Resistance to <i>β</i>-lactams is one of the most serious problems associated with Gram-negative infections. <i>β</i>-Lactamases are able to hydrolyze <i>β</i>-lactams such as cephalosporins and/or carbapenems. Evolutionary origin of metallo-<i>β</i>-lactamases (MBLs), conferring critical antibiotic resistance threats, remains unknown. We discovered PNGM-1, the novel subclass B3 MBL, in deep-sea sediments that predate the antibiotic era. Here, our phylogenetic analysis suggests that PNGM-1 yield ...[more]