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. 2013 Dec;57(12):5940–5945. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01663-13

Table 3.

Kinetic constants for M. tuberculosis l,d-transpeptidase inactivation by carbapenems

l,d-Transpeptidase and kinetic constant Value (mean ±SD) for:
Imipenem Meropenem Ertapenem Doripenem
Mt1
    k1 × 103 (μM−1 min−1) 460 ± 20 64 ± 2 930 ± 60 130 ± 10
    k2 × 103 (min−1) 1,810 ± 20 3,600 ± 80 2,660 ± 50 470 ± 20
    k2/Kapp × 103 (μM−1 min−1) 610 ± 20 75 ± 2 1,350 ± 50 89 ± 4
    k3 × 103 (min−1) ≤0.12 1.04 ± 0.09 1.01 ± 0.12 0.58 ± 0.09
Mt2
    k1 × 103 (μM−1 min−1) 67 ± 5 0.67 ± 0.02 4.0 ± 0.1 0.85 ± 0.04
    k2 × 103 (min−1) 11,200 ± 700 660 ± 40 1,010 ± 30 580 ± 30
    k2/Kapp × 103 (μM−1 min−1) 81 ± 2 0.48 ± 0.01 3.6 ± 0.1 0.56 ± 0.02
    k3 × 103 (min−1) ≤0.06 0.72 ± 0.03 0.48 ± 0.08 0.34 ± 0.05
Mt3
    k1 × 103 (μM−1 min−1) 920 ± 30 17 ± 1 87 ± 3 10.2 ± 0.5
    k2 × 103 (min−1) 10,100 ± 200 6,800 ± 700 6,500 ± 600 4,500 ± 300
    k2/Kapp × 103 (μM−1 min−1) 1,160 ± 30 21 ± 1 80 ± 2 12 ± 1
    k3 × 103 (min−1) ≤0.12 1.42 ± 0.26 1.02 ± 0.06 0.38 ± 0.01
Mt4
    k1 × 103 (μM−1 min−1) 250 ± 10 5.0 ± 0.3 31 ± 3 NAa
    k2 × 103 (min−1) 9,900 ± 300 80 ± 20 18,000 ± 1,000 NA
    k2/Kapp × 103 (μM−1 min−1) 310 ± 10 0.67 ± 0.024 37 ± 1 9.7 ± 1.7
    k3 × 103 (min−1) ≤0.06 5.6 ± 0.6 3.9 ± 0.7 0.61 ± 0.27
a

NA, not applicable (constants k1 and k2 could not be determined since fluorescence kinetics were monophasic).