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. 1988 Mar 1;250(2):313–324. doi: 10.1042/bj2500313

The active-site-serine penicillin-recognizing enzymes as members of the Streptomyces R61 DD-peptidase family.

B Joris 1, J M Ghuysen 1, G Dive 1, A Renard 1, O Dideberg 1, P Charlier 1, J M Frère 1, J A Kelly 1, J C Boyington 1, P C Moews 1, et al.
PMCID: PMC1148858  PMID: 3128280

Abstract

Homology searches and amino acid alignments, using the Streptomyces R61 DD-peptidase/penicillin-binding protein as reference, have been applied to the beta-lactamases of classes A and C, the Oxa-2 beta-lactamase (considered as the first known member of an additional class D), the low-Mr DD-peptidases/penicillin-binding proteins (protein no. 5 of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis) and penicillin-binding domains of the high-Mr penicillin-binding proteins (PBP1A, PBP1B, PBP2 and PBP3 of E. coli). Though the evolutionary distance may vary considerably, all these penicillin-interactive proteins and domains appear to be members of a single superfamily of active-site-serine enzymes distinct from the classical trypsin or subtilisin families. The amino acid alignments reveal several conserved boxes that consist of strict identities or homologous amino acids. The significance of these boxes is highlighted by the known results of X-ray crystallography, chemical derivatization and site-directed-mutagenesis experiments.

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