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. 2009 Dec 14;54(2):890–897. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00693-09

TABLE 3.

KPC-2 inhibitor kinetics with the β-lactamase inhibitorsa

Drug Km (μM) kinact (s−1) kinact/Km ratio (μM−1 s−1) tn (kcat/kinact)
Clavulanate 8.4 ± 0.8 0.027 ± 0.001 0.0036 ± 0.0004 ∼2,500
Sulbactam 135 ± 1 0.16 ± 0.01 0.0012 ± 0.0001 ∼1,000
Tazobactam 78.5 ± 7.9 0.20 ± 0.01 0.0025 ± 0.0002 ∼500
Penem 1 0.06 ± 0.01 0.011 ± 0.001 0.18 ± 0.02 ∼250
Penem 2 0.006 ± 0.001 0.039 ± 0.002 6.5 ± 0.6 ∼25
a

Values are means ± standard deviations.