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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.
[ 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).