Open AccessComparison of vancomycin‐inducible proteins from four strains of Enterococci
Author(s) -
AlObeid S.,
Gutmann L.,
Shlaes D.M.,
Williamson R.,
Collatz E.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb03784.x
Subject(s) - vancomycin resistant enterococci , microbiology and biotechnology , enterococcus , vancomycin , biology , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics , staphylococcus aureus
Vancomycin‐inducible proteins of 39.5 and 39 kDa from respectively, low‐level and high‐level resistant Enterococci were compared. Electrophoretic, immunoblot and peptide analysis revealed three types of protein, one in a low‐level resistant strain of E. faecium , one in 2 high‐level‐resistant strains of E. faecium , and one in a high‐level resistant strain of E. faecalis . The inducible proteins of E. faecium and E. faecalis , of 39.5 and 39 kDa respectively, which may function in a similar fashion (Al‐Obeid et al. (1990) Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 34, 252–256), are not related immunologically.