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. 2020 Mar 24;64(4):e01386-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01386-19

TABLE 4.

Zinc dependence of metallo-β-lactamase-catalyzed hydrolysis of β-lactam antibioticsa

Substrate Metallo-β-lactamase zinc dissociation constantb (Kd,Zn2)
NDM-1 NDM-4 NDM-6 VIM-2 IMP-7 AIM-1
Ampicillin 0.91 ± 0.07 0.15 ± 0.02 0.23 ± 0.02 0.45 ± 0.05 0.24 ± 0.04 0.19 ± 0.05
Cefotaxime 1.4 ± 0.3 0.17 ± 0.03 0.24 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.03 0.80 ± 0.4 0.33 ± 0.07
Meropenem 3.2 ± 0.5 0.3 ± 0.06 0.64 ± 0.08 0.63 ± 0.1 0.46 ± 0.08 0.52 ± 0.08
Imipenem 0.4 ± 0.04 0.06 ± 0.007 0.14 ± 0.01 0.34 ± 0.09 0.95 ± 0.3 0.59 ± 0.07
Ertapenem 2.8 ± 1 4.3 ± 2.6 2.0 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 1 2.0 ± 0.4 0.95 ± 0.2
Doripenem 1.1 ± 0.1 0.18 ± 0.02 0.14 ± 0.08 0.38 ± 0.03 0.082 ± 0.01 0.90 ± 0.1
a

Reactions were carried out with enzyme (4 to 10 nM) in Chelex-treated HEPES-NaOH, pH 7.5 (50 mM), supplemented with AMA (100 nM).

b

All constants are reported in micromolar (μM).