UniProt functional annotation for P00811

UniProt code: P00811.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: This protein is a serine beta-lactamase with a substrate specificity for cephalosporins.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=a beta-lactam + H2O = a substituted beta-amino acid; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20401, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:35627, ChEBI:CHEBI:140347; EC=3.5.2.6; Evidence={ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU10102};
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11478888}.
Subcellular location: Periplasm.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-C beta-lactamase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.