Engineering the substrate specificity of a thermophilic penicillin acylase from thermus thermophilus.
Torres LL, Cantero A, del Valle M, Marina A, López-Gallego F, Guisán JM, Berenguer J, Hidalgo A.
Torres LL, et al.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013 Mar;79(5):1555-62. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03215-12. Epub 2012 Dec 21.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013.
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Although the natural substrate of this enzyme is not known, this acylase shows a marked preference for penicillin K over penicillin G. Three-dimensional models were created in which the catalytic residues and the substrate binding pocket were identified. ...
Although the natural substrate of this enzyme is not known, this acylase shows a marked preference for penicillin K over penic …