beta-lactamase activity

id: GO:0008800
name: beta-lactamase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: a beta-lactam + H2O = a substituted beta-amino acid.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0033250penicillinase activity
GO:0033251cephalosporinase activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016812hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in cyclic amides