7,B-(4-Carboxybutanamido)cephalosporanic acid (glutaryl7-ACA) acylase is an enzyme which converts glutaryl7-ACAto7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA),a starting material for semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotics
Title: Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of a novel 7 beta-(4- carboxybutanamido)cephalosporanic acid acylase gene of Bacillus laterosporus and its expression in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Aramori I, Fukagawa M, Tsumura M, Iwami M, Ono H, Kojo H, Kohsaka M, Ueda Y, Imanaka H Ref: Journal of Bacteriology, 173:7848, 1991 : PubMed