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. 1998 Apr;42(4):921–926. doi: 10.1128/aac.42.4.921

TABLE 2.

Steady-state kinetic constants of recombinant L1 and other metallo-β-lactamases isolated from S. maltophilia in cacodylate buffer

Compound Recombinant L1a
Metallo-β-lactamase isolated from S. maltophilia
Km (μM) kcat (s−1) Km (μM) kcat (s−1) Reference
Piperacillin 38 ± 3 440 ± 10 20 ± 1 140 10
Ampicillin 55 ± 5 520 ± 10 40 ± 3 175 10
BRL42715 240 ± 20 210 ± 10 270 ± 10 0.55 16
Penicillin G 22 ± 3 480 ± 10 50 ± 6 1,100 10
Nitrocefin 4 ± 1 41 ± 1 7 ± 1 20 10
a

The buffer used for studies with recombinant L1 was 50 mM sodium cacodylate, pH 7.0, containing 100 μM Zn(II) at 25°C.