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. 1999 Feb;43(2):367–370. doi: 10.1128/aac.43.2.367

TABLE 3.

Substitutions in blaTEM genes and derived inhibitor-resistant β-lactamases

Region and nucleotide no.a (amino acid no.b) Nucleotide (amino acid) in the following gene (enzyme):
blaTEM-1a (TEM-1 [Tn3]) blaTEM-1b (TEM-1 [Tn2]) blaTEM-2 (TEM-2 [Tn1]) blaTEM-33b (TEM-33) blaTEM-33c (TEM-33) blaTEM-54 (TEM-54)
Promoter region P3 P3 Pa and Pb Pa and Pb P4 Pa and Pb
 32 C C T T C T
 162 G G G G T G
 175 A G A G A A
Coding region
 226c C (Phe) T C T C C
 317 (39) C (Gln)39 C (Gln)39 A (Lys)39 C (Gln)39 C (Gln)39 C (Gln)39
 346c A (Glu) A G A G A
 407 (69) A (Met)69 A A C (Leu)69 C (Leu)69 A
 436c C (Gly) T T T T C
 604c G (Ala) T G T G G
 682c T (Thr) T C T C T
 925c G (Gly) G A G A G
 929 (244) C (Arg)244 C C C C C
 930 (244) G (Arg)244 G G G G T (Leu)244
 1022 (276) A (Asn)276 A A A A A
a

Numbering is according to Sutcliffe (25). 

b

Numbering is according to Ambler et al. (1). 

c

Positions at which only silent mutations occur.