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Table 5 Distribution of substitutions in topoisomerase subunits detected in 43 PMQR Escherichia coli isolates from humans, chickens and poultry farm/market environments

From: Quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli at the interface between humans, poultry and their shared environment- a potential public health risk

Target Enzymes

Mutation

Nucleotide change

Amino acid substitution

n = 43 (%)

DNA gyrase

gyrA

S83L; D87N

TCG → TTG; GAC → AAC

S → L; D → N

20 (46.5)

S83L

TCG → TTG

S → L

18 (41.9)

S83L; D87Y

TCG → TTG; GAC → TAC

S → L; D → Y

1 (2.3)

S83A

TCG → GCG

S → A

1 (2.3)

Topoisomerase IV parC

S80I

AGC → ATC

S → I

22 (51.2)

S80I; A56T

AGC → ATC; GCC → ACC

S → I; A → T

2 (4.7)

S80I; E84G

AGC → ATC; GAA → GGA

S → I; E → G

1 (2.3)

S80I; E84G; A56T

AGC → ATC; GAA → GGA; GCC → ACC

S → I; E → G; A → T

1 (2.3)

A56T

GCC → ACC

A → T

3 (7.0)

S57T

AGC → ACC

S → T

1 (2.3)

parE

S458A

TCG → GCG

S → A

6 (14.0)

L416F

CTT → TTT

L → F

3 (7.0)

I355T

ATC → ACC

I → T

1 (2.3)

pmrB

V161G

GTG → GGG

V → G

1 (2.3)

  1. Serine to Leucine at codon 83 (S83L); Aspartic acid to Asparagine at codon 87 (D87N); Serine to Alanine at codon 83 (S83A); Serine to Isoleucine at codon 80 (S80I); Alanine to Threonine at codon 56 (A56T); Serine to Threonine at codon 57 (S57T); Glutamic acid to Glycine at codon 84 (E84G); Serine to Alanine at codon 458 (S458A); Isoleucine to Threonine at codon 355 (I355T); and pmrB- confers colistin resistance