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SUBMITTER: King D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3190144 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
King Dustin D Strynadka Natalie N
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 20110802 9
β-Lactams are the most commonly prescribed class of antibiotics and have had an enormous impact on human health. Thus, it is disquieting that an enzyme called New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) can confer Enterobacteriaceae with nearly complete resistance to all β-lactam antibiotics including the carbapenams. We have determined the crystal structure of Klebsiella pneumoniae apo-NDM-1 to 2.1-Å resolution. From the structure, we see that NDM-1 has an expansive active site with a unique electr ...[more]