Beta-lactam enzymatic reaction (VIDEO)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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This video shows steps of the enzymatic reaction that makes a double-ringed molecule, which is the structural starting point to produce molecules in a large class of antibiotics.

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Credit: Patrick Rabe/Oxford University

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