Human metallo-β-lactamase enzymes degrade penicillin
Abstract Nonribosomal peptides are assemblages, including antibiotics, of canonical amino acids and other molecules. β-lactam antibiotics act on bacterial cell walls and can be cleaved by β-lactamases. β-lactamase activity in humans has been neglected, even though eighteen enzymes have already been...
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Nature Portfolio
2019
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