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. 2015 Jul 16;59(8):4990–4993. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00628-15

TABLE 2.

Kinetic parameters of the wild-type CphA and CphA4 and CphA5 enzymesa

Substrate CphA
CphA4
CphA5
kcat/Km ratio for CphA5/CphA4
Km (μM) kcat (s−1) kcat/Km (μM s−1) Km (μM) kcat (s−1) kcat/Km (μM s−1) Km (μM) kcat (s−1) kcat/Km (μM s−1)
Imipenem 110 460 4.18 209 ± 4 28 0.13 453 ± 8 1,112 2.45 18.8
Meropenem 1,600 3,100 1.94 314 ± 6 38 0.12 374 ± 5 27 0.07 0.58
Ertapenem 230 700 3.04 688 ± 12 250 0.36 569 ± 15 2,963 5.21 14.5
Biapenem 1,700 120 0.07 870 ± 50 17 0.019 >3,000 1,645 NDb ND
a

Each kinetic value is the mean of five different measurements, with an error of <5%. Plus/minus values indicate the range from the five measurements.

b

ND, not determined.