Marcelo E. Tolmasky

Publication List Details

Period

2008 - 2009

Number

36

Co-Authors

mwr Xer site-specific recombination is hypersensitive to DNA supercoiling (2009)

Trigueros, Sonia, Tran, Tung, Sorto, Nohemy, Newmark, Jason, Colloms, Sean D., Sherratt, David J., ...

The multiresistance plasmid pJHCMW1, first identified in a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a neonate with meningitis, includes a Xer recombination site, mwr, with unique characteristics....

Functional characterization of Tn1331 gene cassettes (2008)

Ramirez, Maria S., Parenteau, T. Richard, Centron, Daniela, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Objectives The transposon Tn1331 possesses a region including three antibiotic resistance genes with the structure aac(6′)-Ib-attC-aadA1-attI1*-blaOXA-9-attC, which potentially includes four gene...

Effects of F171 Mutations in the 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib [AAC(6′)-Ib] Enzyme on Susceptibility to Aminoglycosides

Chavideh, Ramona, Sholly, Steven, Panaite, Doina, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Substitutions at position F171 of 6′-N-acetyltransferase type Ib cause variable loss of aminoglycoside resistance, indicating that this residue plays an important role in the structure and/or...

Systematic Analysis of a Conserved Region of the Aminoglycoside 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib

Shmara, Ali, Weinsetel, Natalia, Dery, Ken J., Chavideh, Ramona, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Alanine-scanning mutagenesis was applied to the aminoglycoside 6′-N-acetyltransferase type Ib conserved motif B, and the effects of the substitutions were analyzed by measuring the MICs of...

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Multiresistance Plasmid pJHCMW1

Sarno, Renee, McGillivary, Glen, Sherratt, David J., Actis, Luis A., Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

The multiresistance plasmid pJHCMW1, harbored by a clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a neonate with meningitis, was sequenced. A circular sequence of 11,354 bp was generated, of...

Osmoregulation of Dimer Resolution at the Plasmid pJHCMW1 mwr Locus by Escherichia coli XerCD Recombination

Pham, Huong, Dery, Ken J., Sherratt, David J., Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Xer-mediated dimer resolution at the mwr site of plasmid pJHCMW1 is osmoregulated in Escherichia coli. Whereas under low-salt conditions, the site-specific recombination reaction is efficient, under...

The Aminoglycoside 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib Encoded by Tn1331 Is Evenly Distributed within the Cell's Cytoplasm

Dery, Ken J., Søballe, Britta, Witherspoon, Mavee S. L., Bui, Duyen, Koch, Robert, Sherratt, David J., ...

The multiresistance transposon Tn1331, which mediates resistance to several aminoglycosides and β-lactams, includes the aac(6′)-Ib, aadA1, blaOXA-9, and blaTEM-1 genes. The nucleotide sequence of...

Complete Sequence of Virulence Plasmid pJM1 from the Marine Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum Strain 775

Di Lorenzo, Manuela, Stork, Michiel, Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Actis, Luis A., Farrell, David, Welch, Timothy J., ...

The virulence plasmid pJM1 enables the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum, a gram-negative polarly flagellated comma-shaped rod bacterium, to cause a highly fatal hemorrhagic septicemic disease in...

Inhibition of Aminoglycoside 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib-Mediated Amikacin Resistance by Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides

Sarno, Renee, Ha, Hongphuc, Weinsetel, Natalia, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Amikacin has been very useful in the treatment of infections caused by multiresistant bacteria because it is refractory to the actions of most modifying enzymes. However, the spread of...

Evidence for the Active Role of a Novel Nuclease from Helicobacter pylori in the Horizontal Transfer of Genetic Information

O'Rourke, Eyleen J., Pinto, A. Viviana, Petroni, E. Alejandro, Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Ielpi, Luis

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the human stomach, causes gastritis, and is associated with ulcers and gastric cancer. H. pylori is naturally competent for...

Transfer of Oligosaccharide to Protein from a Lipid Intermediate in Plants

Staneloni, Roberto J., Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Petriella, Claudio, Leloir, Luis F.

A lipid-bound oligosaccharide was isolated from pea (Pisum sativum) cotyledons incubated with [14C]mannose. The oligosaccharide moiety appeared to be identical with the one obtained from rat liver,...

A Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase with a Novel Domain Organization Is Essential for Siderophore Biosynthesis in Vibrio anguillarum

Di Lorenzo, Manuela, Poppelaars, Sophie, Stork, Michiel, Nagasawa, Maho, Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Crosa, Jorge H.

Anguibactin, a siderophore produced by Vibrio anguillarum, is synthesized via a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) mechanism. We have identified a gene from the V. anguillarum plasmid pJM1 that...

Whole-Genome Analyses of Speciation Events in Pathogenic Brucellae†

Chain, Patrick S. G., Comerci, Diego J., Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Larimer, Frank W., Malfatti, Stephanie A., Vergez, Lisa M., ...

Despite their high DNA identity and a proposal to group classical Brucella species as biovars of Brucella melitensis, the commonly recognized Brucella species can be distinguished by distinct...

Mutagenesis Analysis of a Conserved Region Involved in Acetyl Coenzyme A Binding in the Aminoglycoside 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib Encoded by Plasmid pJHCMW1

Pourreza, Atousa, Witherspoon, Mavee, Fox, Jessica, Newmark, Jason, Bui, Duyen, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Alanine scanning of motif A in the pJHCMW1-encoded aminoglycoside 6′-N-acetyltransferase type Ib identified amino acids important for the ability of the enzyme to confer wild-type levels of...

Differences in Resolution of mwr-Containing Plasmid Dimers Mediated by the Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli XerC Recombinases: Potential Implications in Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes

Bui, Duyen, Ramiscal, Judianne, Trigueros, Sonia, Newmark, Jason S., Do, Albert, Sherratt, David J., ...

Xer-mediated dimer resolution at the mwr site of the multiresistance plasmid pJHCMW1 is osmoregulated in Escherichia coli containing either the Escherichia coli Xer recombination machinery or Xer...

Vibrio cholerae InV117, a Class 1 Integron Harboring aac(6′)-Ib and blaCTX-M-2, Is Linked to Transposition Genes

Martín, Fernando A., Petroni, Alejandro, Faccone, Diego, Galas, Marcelo, Tolmasky, Marcelo E., ...

A ca. 150-kbp Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor plasmid includes blaCTX-M-2 and a variant of aac(6′)-Ib within InV117, an orf513-bearing class 1 integron. InV117 is linked to a tnp1696 module in...

Effects of F171 Mutations in the 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib [AAC(6′)-Ib] Enzyme on Susceptibility to Aminoglycosides

Chavideh, Ramona, Sholly, Steven, Panaite, Doina, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Substitutions at position F171 of 6′-N-acetyltransferase type Ib cause variable loss of aminoglycoside resistance, indicating that this residue plays an important role in the structure and/or...

Systematic Analysis of a Conserved Region of the Aminoglycoside 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib

Shmara, Ali, Weinsetel, Natalia, Dery, Ken J., Chavideh, Ramona, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Alanine-scanning mutagenesis was applied to the aminoglycoside 6′-N-acetyltransferase type Ib conserved motif B, and the effects of the substitutions were analyzed by measuring the MICs of...

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Multiresistance Plasmid pJHCMW1

Sarno, Renee, McGillivary, Glen, Sherratt, David J., Actis, Luis A., Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

The multiresistance plasmid pJHCMW1, harbored by a clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a neonate with meningitis, was sequenced. A circular sequence of 11,354 bp was generated, of...

Osmoregulation of Dimer Resolution at the Plasmid pJHCMW1 mwr Locus by Escherichia coli XerCD Recombination

Pham, Huong, Dery, Ken J., Sherratt, David J., Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Xer-mediated dimer resolution at the mwr site of plasmid pJHCMW1 is osmoregulated in Escherichia coli. Whereas under low-salt conditions, the site-specific recombination reaction is efficient, under...

The Aminoglycoside 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib Encoded by Tn1331 Is Evenly Distributed within the Cell's Cytoplasm

Dery, Ken J., Søballe, Britta, Witherspoon, Mavee S. L., Bui, Duyen, Koch, Robert, Sherratt, David J., ...

The multiresistance transposon Tn1331, which mediates resistance to several aminoglycosides and β-lactams, includes the aac(6′)-Ib, aadA1, blaOXA-9, and blaTEM-1 genes. The nucleotide sequence of...

Complete Sequence of Virulence Plasmid pJM1 from the Marine Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum Strain 775

Di Lorenzo, Manuela, Stork, Michiel, Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Actis, Luis A., Farrell, David, Welch, Timothy J., ...

The virulence plasmid pJM1 enables the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum, a gram-negative polarly flagellated comma-shaped rod bacterium, to cause a highly fatal hemorrhagic septicemic disease in...

Inhibition of Aminoglycoside 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib-Mediated Amikacin Resistance by Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides

Sarno, Renee, Ha, Hongphuc, Weinsetel, Natalia, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Amikacin has been very useful in the treatment of infections caused by multiresistant bacteria because it is refractory to the actions of most modifying enzymes. However, the spread of...

Evidence for the Active Role of a Novel Nuclease from Helicobacter pylori in the Horizontal Transfer of Genetic Information

O'Rourke, Eyleen J., Pinto, A. Viviana, Petroni, E. Alejandro, Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Ielpi, Luis

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the human stomach, causes gastritis, and is associated with ulcers and gastric cancer. H. pylori is naturally competent for...

Transfer of Oligosaccharide to Protein from a Lipid Intermediate in Plants

Staneloni, Roberto J., Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Petriella, Claudio, Leloir, Luis F.

A lipid-bound oligosaccharide was isolated from pea (Pisum sativum) cotyledons incubated with [14C]mannose. The oligosaccharide moiety appeared to be identical with the one obtained from rat liver,...

A Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase with a Novel Domain Organization Is Essential for Siderophore Biosynthesis in Vibrio anguillarum

Di Lorenzo, Manuela, Poppelaars, Sophie, Stork, Michiel, Nagasawa, Maho, Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Crosa, Jorge H.

Anguibactin, a siderophore produced by Vibrio anguillarum, is synthesized via a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) mechanism. We have identified a gene from the V. anguillarum plasmid pJM1 that...

Mutagenesis Analysis of a Conserved Region Involved in Acetyl Coenzyme A Binding in the Aminoglycoside 6′-N-Acetyltransferase Type Ib Encoded by Plasmid pJHCMW1

Pourreza, Atousa, Witherspoon, Mavee, Fox, Jessica, Newmark, Jason, Bui, Duyen, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Alanine scanning of motif A in the pJHCMW1-encoded aminoglycoside 6′-N-acetyltransferase type Ib identified amino acids important for the ability of the enzyme to confer wild-type levels of...

Whole-Genome Analyses of Speciation Events in Pathogenic Brucellae†

Chain, Patrick S. G., Comerci, Diego J., Tolmasky, Marcelo E., Larimer, Frank W., Malfatti, Stephanie A., Vergez, Lisa M., ...

Despite their high DNA identity and a proposal to group classical Brucella species as biovars of Brucella melitensis, the commonly recognized Brucella species can be distinguished by distinct...

Differences in Resolution of mwr-Containing Plasmid Dimers Mediated by the Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli XerC Recombinases: Potential Implications in Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes

Bui, Duyen, Ramiscal, Judianne, Trigueros, Sonia, Newmark, Jason S., Do, Albert, Sherratt, David J., ...

Xer-mediated dimer resolution at the mwr site of the multiresistance plasmid pJHCMW1 is osmoregulated in Escherichia coli containing either the Escherichia coli Xer recombination machinery or Xer...

Vibrio cholerae InV117, a Class 1 Integron Harboring aac(6′)-Ib and blaCTX-M-2, Is Linked to Transposition Genes

Martín, Fernando A., Petroni, Alejandro, Faccone, Diego, Galas, Marcelo, Tolmasky, Marcelo E., ...

A ca. 150-kbp Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor plasmid includes blaCTX-M-2 and a variant of aac(6′)-Ib within InV117, an orf513-bearing class 1 integron. InV117 is linked to a tnp1696 module in...

Sublethal Concentrations of the Aminoglycoside Amikacin Interfere with Cell Division without Affecting Chromosome Dynamics▿

Possoz, Christophe, Newmark, Jason, Sorto, Nohemy, Sherratt, David J., Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

Aminoglycosides bind to the 16S rRNA at the tRNA acceptor site (A site) and disturb protein synthesis by inducing codon misreading. We investigated Escherichia coli cell elongation and division, as...

External Guide Sequences Targeting the aac(6′)-Ib mRNA Induce Inhibition of Amikacin Resistance▿

Ha, Hongphuc, Sarno, Renee, Don, Michelle, Zorreguieta, Angeles, Tolmasky, Marcelo E.

The dissemination of AAC(6′)-I-type acetyltransferases have rendered amikacin and other aminoglycosides all but useless in some parts of the world. Antisense technologies could be an alternative to...

Complex Class 1 Integrons with Diverse Variable Regions, Including aac(6′)-Ib-cr, and a Novel Allele, qnrB10, Associated with ISCR1 in Clinical Enterobacterial Isolates from Argentina▿

Quiroga, María Paula, Andres, Patricia, Petroni, Alejandro, Guerriero, Leonor, Vargas, Liliana Jordá, ...

Transferable quinolone resistance has not previously been reported in Argentina. Here we describe three complex class 1 integrons harboring the novel allele qnrB10 in a unique region downstream of...

mwr Xer site-specific recombination is hypersensitive to DNA supercoiling

Trigueros, Sonia, Tran, Tung, Sorto, Nohemy, Newmark, Jason, Colloms, Sean D., Sherratt, David J., ...

The multiresistance plasmid pJHCMW1, first identified in a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a neonate with meningitis, includes a Xer recombination site, mwr, with unique characteristics....