Cephalosporinase
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any enzyme that hydrolyses (the lactam ring of a ) cephalosporin
"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 ]."
Example
More examples"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 ]."
Etymology
From cephalosporin + -ase.
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