{"id":699,"date":"2026-04-15T13:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=699"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:26:42","slug":"trapping-and-characterization-of-a-reaction-intermediate-in-carbapenem-hydrolysis-by-b-cereus-metallo-%ce%b2-lactamase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=699","title":{"rendered":"Trapping and Characterization of a Reaction Intermediate in Carbapenem Hydrolysis by <i>B. cereus<\/i> Metallo-\u03b2-lactamase"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>DOI:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/ja801169j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1021\/ja801169j<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Authors:<\/h4>\n<p>Mariana F. Tioni, Leticia I. Llarrull, Andr\u00e9s A. Poeylaut-Palena, Marcelo A. Mart\u00ed, Miguel Saggu, Gopal R. Periyannan, Ernesto G. Mata, Brian Bennett, Daniel H. Murgida, Alejandro J. Vila<\/p>\n<h4>Abstract:<\/h4>\n<p>Metallo-beta-lactamases hydrolyze most beta-lactam antibiotics. The lack of a successful inhibitor for them is related to the previous failure to characterize a reaction intermediate with a clinically useful substrate. Stopped-flow experiments together with rapid freeze-quench EPR and Raman spectroscopies were used to characterize the reaction of Co(II)-BcII with imipenem. These studies show that Co(II)-BcII is able to hydrolyze imipenem in both the mono- and dinuclear forms. In contrast to the situation met for penicillin, the species that accumulates during turnover is an enzyme-intermediate adduct in which the beta-lactam bond has already been cleaved. This intermediate is a metal-bound anionic species with a novel resonant structure that is stabilized by the metal ion at the DCH or Zn2 site. This species has been characterized based on its spectroscopic features. This represents a novel, previously unforeseen intermediate that is related to the chemical nature of carbapenems, as confirmed by the finding of a similar intermediate for meropenem. Since carbapenems are the only substrates cleaved by B1, B2, and B3 lactamases, identification of this intermediate could be exploited as a first step toward the design of transition-state-based inhibitors for all three classes of metallo-beta-lactamases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOI: 10.1021\/ja801169j Authors: Mariana F. Tioni, Leticia I. Llarrull, Andr\u00e9s A. Poeylaut-Palena, Marcelo A. Mart\u00ed, Miguel Saggu, Gopal R. Periyannan, Ernesto G. Mata, Brian Bennett, Daniel H. Murgida, Alejandro J. Vila Abstract: Metallo-beta-lactamases hydrolyze most beta-lactam antibiotics. The lack of a successful inhibitor for them is related to the previous failure to characterize a reaction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freeze-quench"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}