Crystal structures of the cadmium- and mercury-substituted metallo-β- lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2671-2676

  Concha, Nestor O ^a   Rasmussen, Beth A ^b   Bush, Karen ^b   Herzberg, Osnat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Binuclear metal center; Cadmium binding; Mercury binding; Metallo lactamase; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; MERCURY; METALLOPROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 0031440226     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061225     Document Type: Article

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