Characterization of R Factor Beta-lactamases by the Acidimetric Method

Overview

Journal Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 1973 Jan 1

PMID 4597709

Citations 16

Authors

F A Rubin

D H Smith

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Abstract

The properties and regulation of beta-lactamases produced by certain R factors derived from ampicillin-resistant strains of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella were characterized. beta-Lactamase activity was determined by the acidimetric method with phenol red as indicator. The sensitivity of this assay was increased by employing phosphate buffer at a final concentration of 0.4 mm; as little as 0.05 unit (1 unit equals the amount of beta-lactamase that hydrolyzes 1 mumole of benzyl penicillin per hr at pH 7.6 and 25 C) could be detected. This assay is rapid and convenient and appears to be superior to other methods currently employed to assay R factor beta-lactamases. Two classes of beta-lactamases were distinguished on the basis of substrate profile, heat inactivation, and K(m) values. The regulation of most of these R factor beta-lactamases, like certain other R factor enzymes, is subject to cyclic adenosine monophosphate-mediated catabolite repression.

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