Three decades of the class A β-lactamase acyl-enzyme

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 401-407

  Fisher, Jed F ^a   Mobashery, Shahriar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PENICILLINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SERINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349483911     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920309789351967     Document Type: Review

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