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Substitution of a valine to glutamic acid in the omega-like loop of MSMEG_6194 of Mycobacterium smegmatis interchanges its activity from DD-carboxypeptidase to beta-lactamase
Aditya Prasad Panda, Debasmita Chatterjee, Anik Roy…·Anindya S Ghosh
This study identifies MSMEG_6194 in Mycobacterium smegmatis as a DD-carboxypeptidase, showing that a single amino acid substitution converts its activity to beta-lactamase.
DOI 10.1101/2025.11.20.689485