Molecular basis of antibiotic self-resistance in a bee larvae pathogen

The authors show that the N-acetyltransferase PamZ acts as a self-resistance factor disabling the antibacterial paenilamicin that is produced by the honey bee larvae pathogen Paenibacillus larvae.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Tam Dang, Bernhard Loll, Sebastian Müller, Ranko Skobalj, Julia Ebeling, Timur Bulatov, Sebastian Gensel, Josefine Göbel, Markus C. Wahl, Elke Genersch, Andi Mainz, Roderich D. Süssmuth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29829-w