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The struc- tural genes for TEM-1 penicillinases are designated blaTEM-1a and blaTEM-1b, and the structural gene for TEM-2 is
designated blaTEM-2 (10
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3316993/
KPC
KPCs are encoded by the gene blaKPC, whose potential for inter-species and geographic
dissemination is largely explained by its location within a Tn3-type transposon, Tn4401. This
transposon is a genetic element which is capable of inserting into diverse plasmids of Gram-
negative bacteria. Plasmids carrying blaKPC are often also associated with resistance
determinants for other antibiotics. Although K pneumoniae remains the most prevalent
bacterial species carrying KPCs, the enzyme has been identified in several other Gram-
negative bacilli (Table).5
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075864/
IMP-1
blaIMP
In 1988, transferable IMP-1 was first isolated from P. aeruginosa in Japan [38] and was
found in a class 1 integron located on a conjugational plasmid. Thereafter, it was identified in
many other species suggesting horizontal gene transfer of blaIMP-1 between unrelated Gram-
negative species, and also showed predominance of specific IMP type-producing isolates
demonstrating clonal expansion [15]. Currently 33 of the 51 known IMP variants have been
identified from P. aeruginosa, including the recent detection of IMP-8-producing strains in
Germany [42,43] (Table 2). IMP-like enzymes are divided into several subgroups, and the
percentage amino acid identity within these subgroups ranges from 90% to 99% showing
very similar hydrolytic activities among them [44].
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1932750/
NDM-1
blaNDM-1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3028958/