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AadA36, a novel chromosomal aminoglycoside nucleotidyltransferase from a clinical isolate of Providencia stuartii

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In this study, we characterized a novel chromosome-encoded aminoglycoside nucleotidyltransferase (ANT), AadA36, from the Providencia stuartii strain P14 isolated from the sputum specimen of a burn patient at a hospital… Click to show full abstract

In this study, we characterized a novel chromosome-encoded aminoglycoside nucleotidyltransferase (ANT), AadA36, from the Providencia stuartii strain P14 isolated from the sputum specimen of a burn patient at a hospital in Wenzhou, China. Among the functionally characterized ANTs, AadA36 shared the highest amino acid sequence identity of 51.91% with AadA14. The whole genome of P. stuartii P14 consisted of one chromosome and two plasmids (designated pP14-166 and pP14-114). A total of 19 genes with ≥80% similarity with functionally characterized antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) were identified in the whole genome, including aminoglycosides [aac(2′)-Ia, aph(6)-Id, aph(3″)-Ib, aac(6′)-Ib, ant(3″)-IIa, aph(3′)-Ia], β-lactams (blaCMY-2 and blaOXA-10) and so on. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing showed that the aadA36 gene conferred specific resistance to spectinomycin and streptomycin, and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of these antimicrobials increased 128- and 64-fold compared with the control strain. The kinetic parameters of AadA36 were consistent with the MIC data of spectinomycin and streptomycin, with kcat/Km ratios of (1.07 ± 2.23) × 104 M−1 s−1 and (8.96 ± 1.01) × 103 M−1 s−1, respectively. The identification of a novel aminoglycoside resistance gene will help us further understand the complexity of the resistance mechanisms and provide deep insights into the dissemination of resistance genes in the microbial population.

Keywords: aminoglycoside nucleotidyltransferase; resistance; providencia stuartii; stuartii

Journal Title: Frontiers in Microbiology
Year Published: 2022

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