Vella, PeterMiraula, ManfrediPhelan, EmerLeung, Eleanor W WEly, FernandaOllis, DavidMcGeary, Ross PeterSchenk, GerhardMitic, Natasa2015-12-100949-8257http://hdl.handle.net/1885/62409Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) are a family of metalloenzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing β-lactam antibiotics and are an important means by which bacterial pathogens use to inactivate antibiotics. A database search of the available amino acid sequenceKeywords: ampicillin; biapenem; cefalotin; cefmetazole; cefoxitin; ceftazidime; cefuroxime; cephalosporin; imipenem; latamoxef; meropenem; metallo beta lactamase; penicillin G; piperacillin; amino acid sequence; amino acid substitution; antibiotic resistance; artic Antibiotics resistance; Binuclear metallohydrolases; Infectious disease; Metallo-ß-lactamases; Sequence homology201310.1007/s00775-013-1035-z2016-02-24