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Trimethoprim is often administered synergistically with sulfonamide, another chemotherapeutic agent targeting the di-hydropteroate synthase (DHPS) enzyme in the same pathway. Clinical resistance to both drugs is widespread and mediated by enzyme variants capable of performing their biological function without binding to these drugs. These mutant enzymes were assumed to have arisen after the discovery of these synthetic drugs, but recent work has shown that genes conferring resistance to sulfonamide were present in the bacterial pangenome millions of years ago. Here, we apply phylogenetics and comparative genomics methods to study the largest family of mobile trimethoprim-resistance genes (\n                    <jats:italic>dfrA<\/jats:italic>\n                    ). We show that most of the\n                    <jats:italic>dfrA<\/jats:italic>\n                    genes identified to date map to two large clades that likely arose from independent mobilization events. In contrast to sulfonamide resistance (\n                    <jats:italic>sul<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) genes, we find evidence of recurrent mobilization in\n                    <jats:italic>dfrA<\/jats:italic>\n                    genes. Phylogenetic evidence allows us to identify novel\n                    <jats:italic>dfrA<\/jats:italic>\n                    genes in the emerging pathogen\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:named-content content-type=\"species\">\n                        <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1601\/nm.2767\" xlink:type=\"simple\">Acinetobacter baumannii<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      <\/jats:named-content>\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    , and we confirm their resistance phenotype\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    . We also identify a cluster of\n                    <jats:italic>dfrA<\/jats:italic>\n                    homologues in cryptic plasmid and phage genomes, but we show that these enzymes do not confer resistance to trimethoprim. Our methods also allow us to pinpoint the chromosomal origin of previously reported\n                    <jats:italic>dfrA<\/jats:italic>\n                    genes, and we show that many of these ancient chromosomal genes also confer resistance to trimethoprim. Our work reveals that trimethoprim resistance predated the clinical use of this chemotherapeutic agent, but that novel mutations have likely also arisen and become mobilized following its widespread use within and outside the clinic. Hence, this work confirms that resistance to novel drugs may already be present in the bacterial pangenome, and stresses the importance of rapid mobilization as a fundamental element in the emergence and global spread of resistance determinants.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1099\/mgen.0.000440","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,24]],"date-time":"2020-09-24T11:25:05Z","timestamp":1600946705000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Exploration into the origins and mobilization of di-hydrofolate reductase genes and the emergence of clinical resistance to trimethoprim"],"prefix":"10.1099","volume":"6","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5267-4814","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Miquel","family":"S\u00e1nchez-Osuna","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departament de Gen\u00e8tica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 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