The VanC phenotype for clinical resistance of enterococci to
vancomycin is exhibited by
Enterococcus gallinarum
and
Enterococcus casseliflavus
. Based on the detection of
the cell precursor UDP-
N
-acetylmuramic acid pentapeptide
intermediate terminating in
d
-Ala-
d
-Ser
instead of
d
-Ala-
d
-Ala, it has been predicted
that the VanC ligase would be a
d
-Ala-
d
-Ser rather than a
d
-Ala-
d
-Ala ligase. Overproduction of the
E. casseliflavus
ATCC 25788
vanC2
gene in
Escherichia coli
and its purification to homogeneity
allowed demonstration of ATP-dependent
d
-Ala-
d
-Ser ligase activity. The
k
cat
/
K
m2
(
K
m2
=
K
m
for
d
-Ser or C-terminal
d
-Ala) ratio for
d
-Ala-
d
-Ser/
d
-Ala-
d
-Ala
dipeptide formation is 270/0.69 for a 400-fold selection against
d
-Ala in the C-terminal position. VanC2 also has
substantial
d
-Ala-
d
-Asn ligase activity
(
k
cat
/
K
m2
= 74
mM
−1
min
−1
).
VanC表型是肠球菌对万古霉素的临床耐药性,表现为Enterococcus gallinarum和Enterococcus casseliflavus。基于检测到的细胞前体UDP-N-乙酰葡萄糖胺肽五肽中止于d-Ala-d-Ser而不是d-Ala-d-Ala,预测VanC连接酶将是d-Ala-d-Ser而不是d-Ala-d-Ala连接酶。在Escherichia coli中过度表达E. casseliflavus ATCC 25788 vanC2基因并纯化至同质性,证明了ATP依赖性d-Ala-d-Ser连接酶活性。d-Ala-d-Ser/d-Ala-d-Ala二肽形成的kcat/Km2(Km2 = d-Ser或C-末端d-Ala的Km)比率为270/0.69,对C-末端位置的d-Ala选择性高达400倍。VanC2还具有相当大的d-Ala-d-Asn连接酶活性(kcat/Km2 = 74 mM-1·min-1)。