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- * Beta-lactamases class B signatures *
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- Beta-lactamases (EC 3.5.2.6) [1,2] are enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis
- of an amide bond in the beta-lactam ring of antibiotics belonging to the
- penicillin/cephalosporin family. Four kinds of beta-lactamase have been
- identified [2]. Class-B enzymes are zinc containing proteins whilst class -A,
- C and D enzymes are serine hydrolases. Class-B beta-lactamases have been
- described in several gram-negative bacterial species; they seem to share the
- characteristic of being able to hydrolyze carbapenem compounds which are new
- beta-lactam antibiotics of great therapeutic potential.
-
- There are a number of conserved regions in the sequence of known class-B beta-
- lactamases [3]. Some of them are centered on residues known [4] to be involved
- in binding a zinc ion essential for the enzyme's catalytic activity. We
- designed two signature patterns for this class of enzyme. The first contains
- two residues involved in binding the zinc ion as well as a conserved aspartate
- residue which seems [5] to function as a general base in the catalytic
- mechanism. The second pattern contains a cysteine which is also a zinc ligand.
-
- -Consensus pattern: [HN]-x-H-[GSTA]-D-x(2)-G-G-x(7)-G
- [H/N and H are zinc ligands]
- [D is a putative active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
-
- -Consensus pattern: P-x(3)-[LIVM](2)-x-G-x-C-[LIVM](2)-K
- [C is a zinc ligand]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
-
- -Last update: October 1993 / Patterns and text revised.
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- [ 1] Ambler R.P.
- Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London B 289:321-331(1980).
- [ 2] Bush K.
- Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 33:259-263(1989).
- [ 3] Massidda O., Rossolini G.M., Satta G.
- J. Bacteriol. 173:4611-4617(1991).
- [ 4] Sutton B.J., Artymiuk P.J., Cordero-Borboa A.E., Little C.,
- Phillips D.C., Waley S.G.
- Biochem. J. 248:181-188(1987).
- [ 5] Lim H.M., Iyer R.K., Pene J.J.
- Biochem. J. 276:401-404(1991).
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