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. 2016 Aug 22;60(9):5521–5526. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00985-16

TABLE 2.

Kinetic parameters of wild-type and mutant IMP-18 β-lactamases for penicillins and carbapenems

β-Lactamase and parameter Value for antibiotic
Ampicillin Penicillin G Imipenem Meropenem
Wild type
    kcat (s−1) 33.5 ± 3.4 49.3 ± 1.1 22.9 ± 1.3 0.0984 ± 0.0041
    Km (μM) 70.8 ± 7.3 48.6 ± 4.5 9.43 ± 0.42 13.1 ± 1.2
    kcat/Km (s−1 μM−1) 0.474 ± 0.038 1.02 ± 0.09 2.44 ± 0.17 0.00759 ± 0.00076
K44N mutant
    kcat (s−1) 48.2 ± 4.1 70.3 ± 5.3 30.0 ± 1.6 0.114 ± 0.005
    Km (μM) 71.2 ± 6.8 44.1 ± 3.0 9.13 ± 1.2 14.8 ± 1.6
    kcat/Km (s−1 μM−1) 0.677 ± 0.018 1.60 ± 0.17 3.34 ± 0.46 0.00779 ± 0.00079
T50P mutant
    kcat (s−1) 45.4 ± 5.4 63.1 ± 6.3 62.1 ± 7.3 1.28 ± 0.14
    Km (μM) 212 ± 36 184 ± 27 24.1 ± 2.2 6.4 ± 2.7
    kcat/Km (s−1 μM−1) 0.217 ± 0.017 0.345 ± 0.024 2.58 ± 0.23 0.230 ± 0.081
K44N/T50P mutant
    kcat (s−1) 92.6 ± 8.8 126 ± 12 115 ± 10 1.99 ± 0.20
    Km (μM) 204 ± 21 242 ± 23 20.4 ± 3.0 6.29 ± 1.09
    kcat/Km (s−1 μM−1) 0.458 ± 0.058 0.524 ± 0.058 5.76 ± 0.92 0.325 ± 0.067
I69F mutant
    kcat (s−1) 16.4 ± 1.7 99.7 ± 5.3 19.8 ± 1.4 0.0972 ± 0.0051
    Km (μM) 7.60 ± 0.61 14.5 ± 1.2 6.17 ± 0.43 8.66 ± 0.47
    kcat/Km (s−1 μM−1) 2.18 ± 0.32 6.92 ± 0.60 3.22 ± 0.23 0.0112 ± 0.0005