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. 2019 Nov 21;63(12):e01515-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01515-19

TABLE 2.

Kinetic parameters of purified β-lactamases CTX-M-33 and CTX-M-15

β-Lactam CTX-M-33a
CTX-M-15
Kcat (s−1) Km (μM) Kcat/Km (μM−1 s−1) Ki (μM) Kcat (s−1) Km (μM) Kcat/Km (μM−1 s−1) Ki (μM)
Penicillin G 210 20 10 28 100 0.3
Amoxicillin 215 160 1.35 15 90 0.15
Ticarcillin 7.5 40 0.2 3.5 30 0.1
Piperacillin 205 140 1.5 16 35 0.5
Cephalothin 380 30 12.5 50 45 1
Cefepime 70 100 0.7 20 480 0.03
Cefotaxime 620 215 3 60 30 2.2
Ceftazidime 0.35 1,500 0.0003 15 1,500 0.01
Imipenem <0.01 ND ND 0.2 <0.01 ND ND 0.6
Meropenem 0.13 90 0.0014 0.0024 <0.01 ND ND 0.017
Ertapenem <0.01 ND ND 0.009 <0.01 ND ND 0.007
Aztreonam 10 60 0.2 7 85 0.08
a

Standard deviations were below 15%. ND, not determined due to a low initial rate of hydrolysis; kcat, catalytic efficiency; Km, Michaelis constant; kcat/Km, specificity constant; Ki, relative; koff/kon, ratio.