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== Hydrolysis Mechanism == | == Hydrolysis Mechanism == | ||
[[Image:B-lactam hydrolysis3.png]] | [[Image:B-lactam hydrolysis3.png]] | ||
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β-lactam antibiotics are hydrolyzed by β-lactamase enzymes, utilizing a covalent catalysis serine-based mechanism, rendering the antibiotic inactive before it reaches its bacterial target, the transpeptidase enzymes. | β-lactam antibiotics are hydrolyzed by β-lactamase enzymes, utilizing a covalent catalysis serine-based mechanism, rendering the antibiotic inactive before it reaches its bacterial target, the transpeptidase enzymes. | ||
