Bacterial Resistance
Research status and prospect of antibiotic resistance gene blaTEM in bacteria
Xiao Linlin, Long Yulin, Dong Qingli
Published 2023-12-31
Cite as Chin J Microbiol Immunol, 2023, 43(12): 918-924. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112309-20230819-00043
Abstract
β-lactam antibiotics are a class of antibiotics widely used in clinical treatment. The antibacterial mechanism of them is to inhibit the cell wall synthesis of bacteria. However, the widespread of β-lactam resistance genes among bacteria has posed a great challenge to the use of β-lactam antibiotics. One of the main genes encoding β-lactamase is blaTEM, and 243 subtypes of it have been identified to date. Studying blaTEM gene is of great significance in antibiotic resistance research. This review focused on the discovery, structure, promoter, distribution, spread, antibacterial mechanism and research status of blaTEM gene, hoping to provide reference for further research on the subtypes of β-lactam resistance genes in bacteria.
Key words:
blaTEM; β-lactamase; Drug resistance mechanism; Promoter
Contributor Information
Xiao Linlin
School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People′s Hospital (South Campus) Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201499, China
Long Yulin
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People′s Hospital (South Campus) Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201499, China
Dong Qingli
School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China