Structure of cephalosporin acylase in complex with glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid and glutarate: insight into the basis of its substrate specificity
Kim, Y., Hol, W.G.(2001) Chem Biol 8: 1253-1264
- PubMed: 11755403 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1074-5521(01)00092-8
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1JVZ, 1JW0 - PubMed Abstract: 
Semisynthetic cephalosporins are primarily synthesized from 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA), which is obtained by environmentally toxic chemical deacylation of cephalosporin C (CPC). Thus, the enzymatic conversion of CPC to 7-ACA by cephalosporin acylase (CA) would be of great interest. However, CAs use glutaryl-7-ACA (GL-7-ACA) as a primary substrate and the enzyme has low turnover rates for CPC.
Organizational Affiliation: 
School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, South Korea. ykim1@yu.ac.kr