Resistance to chloramphenicol can be mediated by acetylation of the antibiotic molecule. The enzymes that carry out this transfer an acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to the chloramphenicol molecule are known as chloramphenicol acetyltransferases.

References

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6340955

Other Mechanisms in Phenicol

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