CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Ribonuclease Z/Hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase-like
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.5.2.6
Beta-lactamase.
based on mapping to UniProt P26918
A beta-lactam + H(2)O = a substituted beta-amino acid.
-!- Zinc is only requires in class-B enzymes. -!- A group of enzymes of varying specificity hydrolyzing beta-lactams; some act more rapidly on penicillins, some more rapidly on cephalosporins. -!- Formerly EC 3.5.2.8.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P26918
BLAB_AERHY
Aeromonas hydrophila
Metallo-beta-lactamase type 2

PDB Structure

PDB 1X8H
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
A Metallo-beta-lactamase Enzyme in Action: Crystal Structures of the Monozinc Carbapenemase CphA and its Complex with Biapenem
Garau, G., Bebrone, C., Anne, C., Galleni, M., Frere, J.M., Dideberg, O.
J.Mol.Biol.
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