beta-Lactamases |
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| Lactamase; beta-Lactamase; beta Lactamase; beta Lactamases | |
| Enzymes found in many bacteria which catalyze the hydrolysis of the amide bond in the beta-lactam ring. Well known antibiotics destroyed by these enzymes are penicillins and cephalosporins. EC 3.5.2.6. | |