Resistance to bacitracin as modulated by an Escherichia coli homologue of the bacitracin ABC transporter BcrC subunit from Bacillus licheniformis

J Bacteriol. 1999 Oct;181(19):6176-8. doi: 10.1128/JB.181.19.6176-6178.1999.

Abstract

A small open reading frame from the Escherichia coli chromosome, bcrC(EC), encodes a homologue to the BcrC subunit of the bacitracin permease from Bacillus licheniformis. We show that disruption of the chromosomal bcrC(EC) gene causes bacitracin sensitivity and, conversely, that BcrC(EC) confers bacitracin resistance when expressed from a multicopy plasmid.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacillus / drug effects*
  • Bacillus / genetics
  • Bacitracin / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • bacitracin permease
  • Bacitracin

Associated data

  • GENBANK/U00096