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A highly active adipyl-cephalosporin acylase obtained via rational randomization.
The FEBS journal - 1 Nov 2007
Otten Linda G, Sio Charles F, Reis Carlos R, Koch Gudrun, Cool Robbert H, Quax Wim J
Abstract excerpt
There is strong interest in creating an enzyme that can deacylate natural cephalosporins such as cephalosporin C in order to efficiently acquire the starting compound for the industrial production of semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotics. In this study, the active site of the glutaryl acylase from Pseudomonas SY-77 was randomized rationally. Several mutations that were found in previous studies to enhance the...
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