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. 2009 Nov 9;54(1):466–470. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00017-09

TABLE 2.

Kinetic parameters of β-lactamases VIM-1, VIM-2, and VIM-19a

β-Lactam Kinetic parameter of β-lactamase
VIM-19
VIM-1b
VIM-2b
kcat (s−1) Km (μM) kcat/Km (μM−1·s−1) kcat (s−1) Km (μM) kcat/Km (μM−1·s−1) kcat (s−1) Km (μM) kcat/Km (μM−1·s−1)
Benzylpenicillin 206 57 3.6 29 841 0.034 55.8 49 1.14
Cloxacillin 79.2 14 5.7 ND ND 350 250 1.40
Amoxicillin 112 34 3.3 ND ND 29.7 54 0.55
Ticarcillin 45.8 68 0.7 ND ND 31.7 46 0.69
Piperacillin 160 37 4.3 1,860 3,500 0.53 32.7 72 0.45
Cephalothin 21.2 15 1.4 281 53 5.3 56.2 44 1.28
Cefoxitin 4.0 53 0.08 26 131 0.2 2.8 24 0.12
Cefuroxime 5.3 13 0.4 324 42 7.7 12.1 22 0.55
Aztreonam <0.1 <0.01 >1,000 <0.5
Ceftazidime 6.3 88 0.07 60 794 0.076 88.7 98 0.90
Cefotaxime 34.3 36 0.95 169 247 0.68 27.5 32 0.86
Cefepime 12.5 55 0.23 549 145 3.8 4.7 184 0.03
Imipenem 8.2 22 0.37 2 1.5 1.3 9.9 10 0.99
Meropenem 1.3 9 0.14 13 48 0.27 1.4 5 0.28
Ertapenem 0.6 21 0.03 ND ND 0.2 9 0.022
a

The standard deviation for analysis was ≤10%.

b

The kinetic parameters for VIM-1 are from Franceschini et al. (10) and those for VIM-2 are from Poirel et al. (21), except for cloxacillin and ertapenem, which are from Samuelsen et al. (28). ND, not determined.