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beta-Lactamase and beta-lactam antibiotics resistance in acinetobacter anitratum (syn: A. calcoaceticus). 1977

T Morohoshi, and T Saito

The cephalosporin beta-lactamase (cephalosporinase) produced by Acinetobacter was studied. The enzyme was partially purified by means of column chromatography and its properties were investigated. The enzyme was induced by benzylpenicillin, 6-aminopenicillanic acid and cephaloridine. Its molecular weight is 30,000 its optimal temperature 40C, and its optimal pH 7.25 similar to 7.50. Substrate specificity studies using various cephalosporins and penicillins, showed that the enzyme functioned as a cephalosporinase rather than penicillinase.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010397 Penicillanic Acid A building block of penicillin, devoid of significant antibacterial activity. (From Merck Index, 11th ed) Acid, Penicillanic
D010403 Penicillin Resistance Nonsusceptibility of an organism to the action of penicillins. Penicillin Resistances,Resistance, Penicillin,Resistances, Penicillin
D010406 Penicillins A group of antibiotics that contain 6-aminopenicillanic acid with a side chain attached to the 6-amino group. The penicillin nucleus is the chief structural requirement for biological activity. The side-chain structure determines many of the antibacterial and pharmacological characteristics. (Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1065) Antibiotics, Penicillin,Penicillin,Penicillin Antibiotics
D002509 Cephaloridine A cephalosporin antibiotic. Cefaloridine,Cephalomycine,Cephaloridin,Ceporin
D002510 Cephalosporinase beta-Lactamase II,Cephalexin Amidase,Cephalosporin Amido-beta-Lactam Hydrolase,Cephalosporin beta-Lactamase,Amidase, Cephalexin,Amido-beta-Lactam Hydrolase, Cephalosporin,Cephalosporin Amido beta Lactam Hydrolase,Cephalosporin beta Lactamase,Hydrolase, Cephalosporin Amido-beta-Lactam,beta Lactamase II,beta-Lactamase, Cephalosporin
D002511 Cephalosporins A group of broad-spectrum antibiotics first isolated from the Mediterranean fungus ACREMONIUM. They contain the beta-lactam moiety thia-azabicyclo-octenecarboxylic acid also called 7-aminocephalosporanic acid. Antibiotics, Cephalosporin,Cephalosporanic Acid,Cephalosporin,Cephalosporin Antibiotic,Cephalosporanic Acids,Acid, Cephalosporanic,Acids, Cephalosporanic,Antibiotic, Cephalosporin,Cephalosporin Antibiotics
D004790 Enzyme Induction An increase in the rate of synthesis of an enzyme due to the presence of an inducer which acts to derepress the gene responsible for enzyme synthesis. Induction, Enzyme
D000150 Acinetobacter A genus of gram-negative bacteria of the family MORAXELLACEAE, found in soil and water and of uncertain pathogenicity. Herellea,Mima
D000581 Amidohydrolases Any member of the class of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of amide bonds and result in the addition of water to the resulting molecules. Amidases,Amidohydrolase

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