Porcine liver esterase selectively catalyses the hydrolysis of the β-lactam of the methyl ester of benzylpenicillin with a Kcat/Km of 675 dm3 mol–1 s–1 and without hydrolysing the methyl ester function.
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Jones et al. (1991) studied this question.
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