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. 2020 Oct 1;11:4915. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18668-2

Fig. 5. Proposed mechanism of hyperproduction of TEM-1B mediated by IS26.

Fig. 5

Schematic of the proposed mechanism of amplification leading to hyperproduction of TEM-1B; (1) a pseudo compound transposon, PTn6762, is present on the chromosome flanked by two copies of IS26. (2) PTn6762 is excised from the chromosome, (3) which then forms a TU which (4) re-inserts into the chromosome adjacent to the chromosomally located IS26 (5) creating a tandem array of the TU and increasing the copy number of blaTEM-1B.