Staphylococcus aureus fusE with mutation conferring resistance to fusidic acid

Accession ARO:3003737
Synonym(s)50S ribosomal subunit protein L6 rplF
CARD Short NameSaur_fusE_FA
DefinitionThe mutations to the rplF gene encoding riboprotein L6 have been shown to cause fusidic acid resistance, demonstrating a potential secondary site of action of the antibiotic that is blocked through these mutations. Several types of mutations have been identified that cause resistance, including SNPs, frameshift mutations and early stop codons.
AMR Gene Familyantibiotic resistant fusE
Drug Classfusidane antibiotic
Resistance Mechanismantibiotic target alteration
Classification8 ontology terms | Show
Parent Term(s)2 ontology terms | Show
+ confers_resistance_to_antibiotic fusidic acid [Antibiotic]
+ antibiotic resistant fusE [AMR Gene Family]
Publications

Lannergard J, et al. 2009. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53(5): 2059-2065. Genetic determinants of resistance to fusidic acid among clinical bacteremia isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. (PMID 19289529)

Chua K, et al. 2010. J. Bacteriol. 192(20):5556-7 Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6159, a unique Australian clone of ST93-IV community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (PMID 20729356)

Castanheira M, et al. 2010. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 65(7):1353-8 Occurrence and molecular characterization of fusidic acid resistance mechanisms among Staphylococcus spp. from European countries (2008). (PMID 20430787)

Norstrom T, et al. 2007. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51(12): 4438-4446. Genetic and phenotypic identification of fusidic acid-resistant mutants with the small-colony-variant phenotype in Staphylococcus aureus. (PMID 17923494)

Resistomes

Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus fusE with mutation conferring resistance to fusidic acid among the sequenced genomes, plasmids, and whole-genome shotgun assemblies available at NCBI or IslandViewer for 414 important pathogens (see methodological details and complete list of analyzed pathogens). Values reflect percentage of genomes, plasmids, genome islands, or whole-genome shotgun assemblies that have at least one hit to the AMR detection model. Default view includes percentages calculated based on Perfect plus Strict RGI hits. Select the checkbox to view percentages based on only Perfect matches to AMR reference sequences curated in CARD (note: this excludes resistance via mutation as references in protein variant models are often wild-type, sensitive sequences).

Prevalence: protein variant model

SpeciesNCBI ChromosomeNCBI PlasmidNCBI WGSNCBI GIGRDI-AMR2
No prevalence data


Detection Models

Model Type: protein variant model

Model Definition: Protein Variant Models (PVM) perform a similar search as Protein Homolog Models (PHM), i.e. detect protein sequences based on their similarity to a curated reference sequence, but secondarily screen query sequences for curated sets of mutations to differentiate them from antibiotic susceptible wild-type alleles. PVMs are designed to detect AMR acquired via mutation of house-keeping genes or antibiotic targets, e.g. a mutated gyrase resistant to aminocoumarin antibiotics. PVMs include a protein reference sequence (often from antibiotic susceptible wild-type alleles), a curated bit-score cut-off, and mapped resistance variants. Mapped resistance variants may include any or all of single point mutations, insertions, or deletions curated from the scientific literature. A Strict RGI match has a BLASTP bit-score above the curated BLASTP cutoff value and contains at least one curated mutation from amongst the mapped resistance variants, while a Loose RGI match has a bit-score less than the curated BLASTP bit-score cut-off but still contains at least one curated mutation from amongst the mapped resistance variants.

Bit-score Cut-off (blastP): 300

PubMed: mutation data hand curated from the scientific literature, evaluated as conferring resistance (R). CRyPTIC: mutation data acquired from the CRyPTIC catalog, evaluated as resistant (R), susceptible (S), or undetermined (U). ReSeqTB: mutation data acquired from the ReSeqTB catalog, evaluated as conferring resistance (Minimal, Moderate, High), not conferring resistance (None), or Indeterminate. WHO: mutation data acquired from the WHO 2023 catalog, evaluated as resistant (R), susceptible (S), or undetermined (U).

MutationMutation typePubMed
Q140Lsingle resistance variantPMID:20430787

>gb|ADL24064.1|-|Staphylococcus aureus fusE with mutation conferring resistance to fusidic acid [Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus JKD6159]
MSRVGKKIIDIPSDVTVTFDGNHVTVKGPKGELSRTLNERMTFKQEENTIEVVRPSDSKE
DRTNHGTTRALLNNMVQGVSQGYVKVLELVGVGYRAQMQGKDLILNVGYSHPVEIKAEEN
ITFSVEKNTVVKVEGISKEQVGALASNIRSVRPPEPYKGKGIRYQGEYVRRKEGKTGK



>gb|CP002114.2|-|2306995-2307531|Staphylococcus aureus fusE with mutation conferring resistance to fusidic acid [Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus JKD6159]
ATGAGTCGTGTTGGTAAGAAAATTATTGACATCCCTAGTGACGTAACAGTAACTTTTGATGGAAATCATGTAACTGTTAAAGGTCCTAAA
GGTGAATTATCAAGAACTTTAAATGAAAGAATGACATTCAAACAAGAAGAAAACACAATTGAAGTTGTAAGACCATCTGATTCTAAAGAA
GATAGAACAAACCATGGTACAACTCGTGCTTTATTAAACAATATGGTACAAGGTGTTTCTCAAGGATACGTAAAAGTACTTGAACTTGTT
GGTGTAGGTTACCGTGCTCAAATGCAAGGTAAAGACTTAATCCTTAACGTTGGTTATTCTCACCCAGTAGAAATTAAAGCTGAAGAAAAC
ATTACTTTCTCAGTTGAGAAAAACACAGTCGTTAAAGTTGAAGGTATTTCAAAAGAACAAGTTGGAGCATTAGCATCTAACATCCGTTCA
GTAAGACCTCCAGAGCCTTACAAAGGTAAAGGTATTCGTTACCAAGGTGAATACGTTCGCCGTAAAGAAGGTAAAACTGGTAAATAA

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