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The role of the novel Fem protein VanK in vancomycin resistance in Streptomyces coelicolor.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Apr 2005
Hong Hee-Jeon, Hutchings Matthew I, Hill Lionel M, Buttner Mark J
Abstract excerpt
The non-pathogenic, non-glycopeptide-producing actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor carries a cluster of seven genes (vanSRJKHAX) that confers inducible, high level resistance to vancomycin. The vanK gene has no counterpart in previously characterized vancomycin resistance clusters, yet vanK is required for vancomycin resistance in S. coelicolor. VanK belongs to the Fem family of enzymes, which add the branch...
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