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. 2022 Nov 19;106(24):8007–8020. doi: 10.1007/s00253-022-12272-8

Table 2.

Classification of cephalosporin C acylases. Modified from Tan et al. (2018) and Pollegioni et al. (2013)

Class Source Strain name Molecular weight (kDa) Subunit structure (kDa) Signal peptide (aa) Spacer (aa) Relative activitya
To GL-7-ACA To CPC
I Pseudomonas sp. KAC-1 (130)b 70 16 + 54 29 10 100% 2.3%
Pseudomonas sp. SY-77 (GK-16)b 70 16 + 54 27 10 100% 0
II Pseudomonas sp. A14 89 28 + 61 29 - 100% 0
III Pseudomonas diminuta N176 84 26 + 58 - 10 100% 4%
Pseudomonas sp. SE 83 (AcyII)c 83 26 + 57 23 10 100% 5%
Pseudomonas diminuta V22 84 26 + 58 - - 100% 3.2%
IV Pseudomonas sp. SE 83 (AcyI)c 62 40 + 22 - - 100% 0
V Bacillus laterospous J1 70 Monomeric 27 - 100% 0

aRelative activity of acylases on GL-7-ACA was taken as 100%

bThis acylase was called two different names in literature

cTwo different acylases were identified from Pseudomonas sp. SE83