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. 1968 Sep;109(3):469–473. doi: 10.1042/bj1090469

The purification and some properties of a β-lactamase (cephalosporinase) synthesized by Enterobacter cloacae

T D Hennessey 1,2,*, M H Richmond 1,2
PMCID: PMC1186840  PMID: 5685878

Abstract

1. A β-lactamase has been purified from a strain of Enterobacter cloacae. 2. This enzyme is about eighty times as active against cephaloridine as against benzylpenicillin or ampicillin. 3. The enzyme has a net positive charge at pH8·0 and a molecular weight of about 14000. 4. An approximate amino acid composition of the enzyme is reported.

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