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- * Beta-lactamases classes -A, -C, and -D active site *
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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 [3]. Class-B enzymes are zinc containing proteins whilst class -A,
- C and D enzymes are serine hydrolases. The three classes of serine beta-
- lactamases are evolutionary related and belong to a superfamily [4] that also
- includes DD-peptidases and a variety of other penicillin-binding proteins
- (PBP's). All these proteins contain a Ser-x-x-Lys motif, where the serine is
- the active site residue. Although clearly homologous, the sequences of the
- three classes of serine beta-lactamases exhibit a large degree of variability
- and only a small number of residues are conserved in addition to the catalytic
- serine.
-
- Since a pattern detecting all serine beta-lactamases would also pick up many
- unrelated sequences, we decided to provide specific patterns, centered on the
- active site serine, for each of the three classes.
-
- -Consensus pattern: [FY]-x-[LIVMFY]-x-S-[TV]-x-K-x(4)-[AGL]-x(2)-[LC]
- [S is the active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL class-A
- beta-lactamases.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: 4.
-
- -Consensus pattern: F-E-[LIVM]-G-S-[LIVMG]-[SA]-K
- [The first S is the active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL class-C
- beta-lactamases.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
-
- -Consensus pattern: [PA]-x-S-[ST]-F-K-[LIV]-[PAL]-x-[STA]-[LI]
- [S is the active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL class-D
- beta-lactamases.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
-
- -Expert(s) to contact by email: Brannigan J.
- jab5@vaxa.york.ac.uk
-
- -Last update: June 1994 / Patterns and text revised.
-
- [ 1] Ambler R.P.
- Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London B 289:321-331(1980).
- [ 2] Pastor N., Pinero D., Valdes A.M., Soberon X.
- Mol. Microbiol. 4:1957-1965(1990).
- [ 3] Bush K.
- Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 33:259-263(1989).
- [ 4] Joris B., Ghuysen J.-M., Dive G., Renard A., Dideberg O., Charlier P.,
- Frere J.M., Kelly J.A., Boyington J.C., Moews P.C., Knox J.R.
- Biochem. J. 250:313-324(1988).
-