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SUBMITTER: Yi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7269490 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yi Hyojeong H Park Jongwook J Cho Kwang-Hwi KH Kim Heenam Stanley HS
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20200521 6
Highly conserved PenI-type class A β-lactamase in pathogenic members of <i>Burkholderia</i> species can evolve to extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), which exhibits hydrolytic activity toward third-generation cephalosporins, while losing its activity toward the original penicillin substrates. We describe three single-amino-acid-substitution mutations in the ArgS arginine-tRNA synthetase that confer extra antibiotic tolerance protection to ESBL-producing <i>Burkholderia thailandensis</i> This p ...[more]