Cephalosporinase
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cephalosporinase is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses (the lactam ring of a ) cephalosporin.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses (the lactam ring of a ) cephalosporin.
Example Sentences
Resistance to β-lactams is mainly due to enzymatic degradation by a chromosomal cephalosporinase, plasmid-mediated broad spectrum β-lactamases, and recently acquired carbapenemases [4, 6, 7, 9 –14 ].
Word Forms
- cephalosporinases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cephamycinase, lactamase, glycopeptidase, carbapenemase, lactosidase, carbapenamase.
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