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. 2000 Jun;44(6):1499–1505. doi: 10.1128/aac.44.6.1499-1505.2000

TABLE 2.

Nucleotide sequence of the blaTEM-68 coding region compared with those of the blaTEM-1a, blaTEM-1b, blaTEM-2, blaTEM-47, blaTEM-48, and blaTEM-49 genes

Nucleotidea (amino acidbc) position Nucleotide (amino acid)d
blaTEM-1ae blaTEM-1bf blaTEM-2f blaTEM-48g blaTEM-49g blaTEM-47g blaTEM-68
226 C T  T  T 
263 (21) C (Leu) T (Phe) T (Phe)
317 (39) C (Gln) A (Lys)
346 A  G  G  G 
436 C  T  T  T  T  T  T 
512 (104) G (Glu)
604 G  T 
682 T  C  C  C  C  C 
692 (164) C (Arg)
914 (238) G (Gly) A (Ser) A (Ser) A (Ser) A (Ser)
917 (240) G (Glu) A (Lys) A (Lys) A (Lys) A (Lys)
925 G  A  A  A  A  A 
990 (265) C (Thr) T (Met) T (Met) T (Met) T (Met)
998 (268) A (Ser) G (Gly)
1020 (275) G (Arg) T (Leu)
a

Nucleotide positions are numbered as described by Sutcliffe (42). 

b

Amino acid positions are numbered as described by Ambler et al. (1). 

c

Amino acid numbers are indicated only for positions at which substitutions are observed. 

d

Only mutational changes with respect to the TEM-1 β-lactamase and/or blaTEM-1a gene sequences are listed. 

e

Reference 42

f

References 12 and 17

g

Reference 15