Article
An ABC transporter of Streptococcus pneumoniae involved in susceptibility to vancoresmycin and bacitracin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 2009
Becker Petra, Hakenbeck Regine, Henrich Bernhard
Abstract excerpt
Vancoresmycin is a novel tetramic acid antibiotic, probably interfering with functions of the cytoplasmic membrane. To investigate its mode of action, mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae exhibiting reduced susceptibility to vancoresmycin were isolated at a low frequency. Four of them were further examined and showed similar pleiotropic phenotypes, including reduced growth rate, early autolysis, and chain...
Topics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacitracin
- Bacterial Proteins
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
