Cephalosporin acylase (CA) belongs to a family of beta-lactam acylases that includes penicillin G acylase (PGA) and aculeacin A acylase. PGA and CA are crucial for the production of backbone chemicals like 6-aminopenicillanic acid and 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA), which can be used to synthesize semi-synthetic penicillins and cephalosporins, respectively. While both PGA and CA have a conserved Ntn (N-terminal nucleophile) hydrolase fold and the structural similarity at their active sites is very high, their sequence similarity to other Ntn's is low.
cd01936 is part of a hierarchy of related CD models. Use the graphical representation to navigate this hierarchy. cd01936 is a member of the superfamily cl00467