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. 2019 May 23;63(6):e00124-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00124-19

TABLE 2.

Kinetic parameters of β-lactamases VIM-2 and VIM-60 with various substrates 

Substrate Km (μM)a
kcat (s−1)a
kcat/Km (μM s−1)a
VIM-2 VIM-60 VIM-2 VIM-60 VIM-2 VIM-60
Ampicillin 62 ± 6 160 ± 5 214 ± 8 345 ± 11 3.49 2.15
Penicillin G 72 ± 7 262 ± 9 252 ± 15 481 ± 10 3.51 1.83
Aztreonam NHb NH NH NH NH NH
Cefepime 200 ± 3 804 ± 83 7.9 ± 0.1 85 ± 8 0.040 0.11
Cefmetazole 51 ± 2 74 ± 7 1.9 ± 0.01 2.6 ± 0.2 0.037 0.035
Cefotaxime 41 ± 5 69 ± 1 121 ± 4 134 ± 2 3.00 1.93
Cefoxitin 67 ± 3 40 ± 3 4.1 ± 0.1 2.8 ± 0.02 0.061 0.069
Cefozopran 270 ± 8 133 ± 10 52 ± 1 195 ± 7 0.19 1.47
Cefpirome 246 ± 5 190 ± 2 88 ± 1 234 ± 2 0.36 1.23
Ceftazidime 71 ± 5 179 ± 6 2.1 ± 0.1 7.1 ± 0.2 0.030 0.040
Ceftriaxone 87 ± 2 54 ± 1 58 ± 1 33 ± 0.1 0.66 0.61
Cephradine 33 ± 0.5 94 ± 8 102 ± 1 68 ± 3 3.11 0.72
Doripenem 27 ± 1 27 ± 1 2.8 ± 0.01 2.3 ± 0.03 0.10 0.084
Imipenem 81 ± 7 40 ± 3 46 ± 1 13 ± 1 0.57 0.31
Meropenem 51 ± 2 68 ± 4 9.2 ± 0.1 16 ± 1 0.18 0.24
Panipenem 27 ± 3 39 ± 7 11 ± 0.2 3.6 ± 0.2 0.40 0.094
Moxalactam 79 ± 10 67 ± 1 87 ± 9 49 ± 0.2 1.10 0.73
a

Km and kcat were calculated as means ± SD from three independent experiments.

b

NH, no hydrolysis detected with substrate concentrations up to 1 mM and enzyme concentrations up to 700 nM.