Beta-lactam antibiotics

β-lactam antibiotics (beta-lactam antibiotics) are antibiotics that contain a beta-lactam ring in their chemical structure. This includes penicillin derivatives (penams), cephalosporins and cephamycins (cephems), monobactams, carbapenems and carbacephems. Most β-lactam antibiotics work by inhibiting cell wall biosynthesis in the bacterial organism and are the most widely used group of antibiotics. See also Beta-lactam antibiotics.

• How B-lactam drugs work
• Penicillin-binding protein
• DD-transpeptidase (Hebrew).
• Penicillin-binding proteins and antibiotics
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis PBP complex with penicillin
• TEM1 Class Antibiotic Resistance Proteins
• Beta-lactamase