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. 2020 Oct 7;11:561317. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.561317

TABLE 2.

Kinetic parameters of the β-lactamases KPC-55 and KPC-2.

Hydrolysis activitya

KPC-55 KPC-2


Substrate kcat (s–1) Km (μM) kcat/Km (s–1 μM–1) kcat (s–1) Km (μM) kcat/Km (s–1 μM–1)
Ampicillin 0.06 ± 0.05 0.03 ± 0.01 1.89 ± 1.81 5.31 ± 2.8 1.03 ± 0.38 4.98 ± 0.77
Aztreonam 27.89 ± 5.20 1.50 ± 0.31 18.58 ± 0.36 2.56 ± 3.23 1.17 ± 1.29 1.85 ± 0.50
Ceftazidime 0.20 ± 0.33 0.40 ± 0.11 0.45 ± 0.74 0.02 ± 0.003 0.28 ± 0.09 0.07 ± 0.02
Imipenem 1.99 ± 0.64 0.13 ± 0.002 15.14 ± 4.61 0.41 ± 0.30 0.03 ± 0.02 37.48 ± 47.21
Meropenem 1.34 ± 0.05 0.02 ± 0.01 80.49 ± 35.18 0.09 ± 0.03 0.02 ± 0.02 5.19 ± 2.93

aData are the means of three independent determinations.