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Ab-AMR: A Comprehensive Repository of Acinetobacter baumannii to Understand the Molecular Landscape of Antimicrobial Resistance

Bhardwaj, A.·Sharma, T.·Kumar, R.
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Ab-AMR is a comprehensive repository of drug resistance mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii. The current version of Ab-AMR provides a drug resistance profile of 788 genomes. In order to ensure that the datasets in Ab-AMR have relevance both to the research and clinical community, standards of defining MIC breakpoints, whole genome sequence quality metrics as defined by EUCAST/CLSI and classification of isolates into susceptible, MDR, XDR and PDR as defined by CDC/ECDC are implemented. As of now, 364 DR determinants associated with antibiotic inactivation ({beta}-lactamases, aminoglycoside modification, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase), efflux, protein modulating permeability and alteration of target site are comprehensively annotated. In addition, data from pangenome analysis across 788 genomes is also provided for identification of core and accessory DR determinants. AB ATCC 17978 (Accession-CP000521.1), the reference strain, was annotated on January 1, 2014 but subsequently the same strain was re-annotated on March 21, 2017 (NZ_CP018664.1) due to incorrect assembly. Therefore, the genome comparison of both, 2014 and 2017 versions were performed for maintaining the correct annotations as most of the literature data referred to the earlier version of the reference genome. In Ab-AMR, the reference coordinates of the revised reference genome are used to represent manually curated and comprehensively annotated data on 614 essential genes, 1334 genes mapped to pathways, 221 PDB structures, 81 reported drug targets, 364 genes with reported resistance mechanism, 118 transcription factors, 4 sigma factors and 14 two component systems. Ab-AMR is made using the standard php-mysql framework and offers various search tools including a query builder that facilitates query on over 60 different features for addressing complex questions like core genes which are also essential and have a role to play in drug resistance with no known human homolog, etc. Ab-AMR offers a centralized data resource for systematic mapping of DR determinants, both plasmid and chromosomal mediated, along with deep annotation of clinical isolates. Database URL: https://datascience.imtech.res.in/anshu/ab-amr/

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Bhardwaj, A., Sharma, T., Kumar, R.. 2022-07-18. Ab-AMR: A Comprehensive Repository of Acinetobacter baumannii to Understand the Molecular Landscape of Antimicrobial Resistance. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.17.500328

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