“…We found that strains with mutations in 50_51insC (Gly17), Glu174, and 521_522insT (Glu174) were all shown to be PZase negative. Previously, strains with mutations at these amino acid positions, Gly17Asp (Daum et al, 2019), Ala46Val (Cheng et al, 2000), Ser67Pro (Hameed et al, 2020), Trp68Arg , Asp80Asn (Bwalya et al, 2018), Phe81Val (Wu et al, 2019), Val93Met (Daum et al, 2019), Ser104Ile (Hameed et al, 2020), Glu127Lys (Doustdar et al, 2009), Val130Gly (Sengstake et al, 2017), Val155Ala (Daum et al, 2019), Val157Gly , Ser164Pro (Hameed et al, 2020), (27) 137_138insC (negative); (28) 491_492insC (negative); (29) 521_522insT (negative); (30) 425C > G (negative); (31) 232G > C (negative); (32) 310A > G and 388G > A (negative). Every result was shown by test using three independent colonies (mean ± SD); OD, optical density; CV, cutoff value (dash line).…”