Reaction Details
Reaction: Thumb
a β-lactam + a β-lactam + H2O = a substituted β-amino acid
Enzymes:
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PseudoCyc Reaction ID:BETA-LACTAMASE-RXN
References:
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  • Kuwabara S (1970). "Purification and properties of two extracellular beta-lactamases from Bacillus cereus 569-H." Biochem J 118(3);457-65. PMID: 4990588
  • POLLOCK MR, TORRIANI AM, TRIDGELL EJ (1956). "Crystalline bacterial penicillinase." Biochem J 62(3);387-91. PMID: 13303985
  • Ross GW, Boulton MG (1973). "Purification of beta-lactamases on QAE-sephadex." Biochim Biophys Acta 309(2);430-9. PMID: 4731970