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SUBMITTER: Furuyama T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4997881 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20160822 9
IMP-type metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) are exogenous zinc metalloenzymes that hydrolyze a broad range of β-lactams, including carbapenems. Here we report the crystal structure of IMP-18, an MBL cloned from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, at 2.0-Å resolution. The overall structure of IMP-18 resembles that of IMP-1, with an αβ/βα "folded sandwich" configuration, but the loop that covers the active site has a distinct conformation. The relationship between IMP-18's loop conformation and its kinetic propertie ...[more]