Keywords :
Amino Acids/analysis; Binding Sites; Kinetics; Klebsiella pneumoniae/enzymology; Penicillinase/metabolism; Peptide Fragments/isolation & purification; Peptide Mapping; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Sulfhydryl Compounds/analysis
Abstract :
[en] beta-Lactamase K1 was purified from Klebsiella pneumoniae SC10436. It is very similar to the enzyme produced by Klebsiella aerogenes 1082E and described by Emanuel, Gagnon & Waley [Biochem. J. (1986) 234, 343-347]. An active-site peptide was isolated after labelling of the enzyme with tritiated beta-iodopenicillanate. A cysteine residue was found just before the active-site serine residue. This result could explain the properties of the enzyme after modification by thiol-blocking reagents. The sequence of the active-site peptide clearly established the enzyme as a class A beta-lactamase.
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