Tetracycline resistance gene classification: Class G

© Service of Biosafety & Biotechnology - Author: Jean-Marc Collard
Last revised: June 28, 1999



MECHANISM

Efflux 12-TMS (Transmembrane segments)
    Ribosomal protection  
    Enzymatic  
    Unknown  

MINOCYCLINE RESISTANCE

YES

 

NO



DISTRIBUTION Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Vibrio


REPRESENTATIVES pJA8122 (Ref. 1) tetA (G)
GENETIC LOCATION Plasmid Integron
SOURCE Vibrio anguillarum MZ8122 Salmonella typhimurium DT104
SEQUENCE ACCESS NB S52437 (Ref. 2) AF07155 (Ref. 4))


REPRESENTATIVES pPSTG1 pPSTG2
GENETIC LOCATION Plasmid Plasmid
SOURCE Pseudomonas sp. Pseudomonas sp.
SEQUENCE ACCESS NB AF133139 (Unpublished) AF133140 (Unpublished)
PROTEIN WEIGHT 40.9 kDa (Calculated) (Ref. 2)
PROBES  
PCR PRIMERS see reference 3


  REFERENCES
1 Aoki, T., T. Satoh, and T. Kitao. 1987. New tetracycline resistance determinant on R plasmid from Vibrio anguillarum. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 31:1446-1449.
2 Zhao, J., and T. Aoki. 1992. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the Class-G tetracycline resistance determinant from Vibrio anguillarum. Microbiol. Immunol. 36:1051-1060.
3 Hansen, L. M., P. C. Blanchard, and D. C. Hirsh. 1996. Distribution of tet(H) among Pasteurella isolates from the United States and Canada. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 40:1558-1560.
4 Briggs, C. E., and P. M. Fratamico. 1999. Molecular characterization of an antibiotic resistance gene cluster of Salmonella typhimurium DT104. Agents Chemother. 43:846-849.