Protein Vga(A) gives staphylococci resistance to streptogramins A. The recently discovered protein Vga(A)LC differs from Vga(A) only by 7 amino acid residues, but this difference is sufficient for shift of its substrate specificity towards lincosamides. The group of four amino acids in the central part of protein (LGAG in Vga(A) and SVTS in Vga(A)LC) was detected to be crucial for the substrate specificity. In this diploma thesis 5 alternativesets of vga(A)LC gene point mutations were prepared in order to determine the impact of individual amino acids of the aforementioned group on the resistance phenotype. Mutations were prepared in vector pGEM® -T and cloned into shuttle vector pRB374. The prepared constructs were transformed by electroporation into the sensitive strain of Staphylococcus aureus RN4220 and values of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) were measured for lincomycin, clindamycin and pristinamycin IIA by the agar dilution method. The transformation was not successful in one of the mutations. Results of setting MIC for the remaining four mutations do not make it possible to specify uniquely the ratio of individual amino acids for determining substrate specificity. Two of the amino acids were found to be important. We anticipate preparation of more mutations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:312700 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Kroová, Michaela |
| Contributors | Najmanová, Lucie, Vopálenský, Václav |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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