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. 2012 Feb;56(2):1042–1046. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01444-10

Table 3.

Comparative kinetic parameters for SHV-1 and SHV-107 β-lactamases

Antibiotic Kinetic parameters of enzyme
SHV-1b
SHV-107c
Km (μM)a kcat (s−1)a kcat/Km (μM−1 · s−1) Km (μM)a kcat (s−1)a kcat/Km (μM−1 · s−1)
Penicillin G 23 ± 0.4 1,937 ± 82 84 11 ± 0.9 378 ± 6 34
Amoxicillin 31 ± 1 1,044 ± 10 34 42 ± 4 657 ± 10 16
Ticarcillin 11 ± 3 220 ± 49 20 23 ± 12 51 ± 7 2
Piperacillin 24 ± 0.5 1,490 ± 96 62 31 ± 0.4 412 ± 87 13
Cephalothin 40 ± 1 128 ± 33 3 179 ± 9 <0.1 <0.001
Ceftazidime 142 ± 3 <0.1 NDd ND <0.1 ND
Cefotaxime 257 ± 21 <0.1 ND ND <0.1 ND
a

Values are means ± standard deviations.

b

The kinetic constants for SHV-1 are from reference 31.

c

E. coli BL21(DE3)(pBK-SHV-107) was the transformant producing SHV-107.

d

ND, not determinable, because the hydrolysis rates were too low.