title: Comparison of the sequences of class A beta-lactamases and of the secondary structure elements of penicillin-recognizing proteins.
abstract: The sequences of class A beta-lactamases were compared. Four main groups of enzymes were distinguished: those from the gram-negative organisms and bacilli and two distinct groups of Streptomyces spp. The Staphylococcus aureus PC1 enzyme, although somewhat closer to the enzyme from the Bacillus group, did not belong to any of the groups of beta-lactamases. The similarities between the secondary structure elements of these enzymes and those of the class C beta-lactamases and of the Streptomyces sp. strain R61 DD-peptidase were also analyzed and tentatively extended to the class D beta-lactamases. A unified nomenclature of secondary structure elements is proposed for all the penicillin-recognizing enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Enzymologie, Université de Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Joris
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ledent
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dideberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fonzé
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamotte-Brasseur
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ghuysen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Frère
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / Q000032:analysis; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins / Q000032:analysis*; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase; D001618:beta-Lactamases