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Overview

Metallo-β-lactamases are known for the resistance of pathogenic bacterial strains to penicillins and other related antibiotics. This is caused by their serine active-site. The protein contains a zinc ion, along with 227 amino acid residues. What makes this protein unique, is the αββα sandwich. The internal molecular summary shows a 2-fold axis passing through the zinc ion. Harmless strains of Bacillus cereus were only known to produce two similar monomeric metallo-β-lactamases. A third metallo-β-lactamase was discovered and produced by Xanthomonas maltophilia, did not raise concerns in the medical community. Recent findings show that the resistance to carbapenems in an increasing number of clinically noxious strains is caused by the synthesis of Zinc containing β-lactamases.

Function

This protein catalyzes the hydrolysis of a large number of penicillins, cephalosporins, and almost all β-lactams. It hydrolyse carbapenems efficiently, while it usually escapes the activity of the active-site serine enzymes. This can be threatening to the way we fight diseases, because the gene is most likely to be plasmid-borne, which would make it easy to spread to other populations of pathogenic species.

Disease

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Structural highlights

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