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. 2001 Apr;45(4):1151–1161. doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.4.1151-1161.2001

TABLE 3.

Substrate profile for KPC-1

Substrate kcat (s−1) Relative kcat Km (μM) Relative kcat/Km
Cephaloridine 340 ± 16 100 560 ± 97 100
Cephalothin 75 ± 7 22 53 ± 0.3 240
Nitrocefin 78 ± 2 23 24 ± 5 530
Cefotaxime 14 ± 1 4.2 160 ± 19 15
Cefoxitin 0.26 ± 0.01 0.08 120 ± 17 0.4
Ceftazidime 0.10 ± 0.02 0.03 94 ± 1.8 0.2
Benzylpenicillin 32 ± 1 9.6 23 ± 2.3 230
Ampicillin 110 ± 4 33 130 ± 21 140
Cloxacillin 25 ± 1 7.4 100 ± 35 41
Piperacillin 24 ± 0 7.2 18 ± 3 230
Imipenem 12.4 ± 0 3.7 81 ± 0.4 26
Meropenem 3.0 ± 0.1 0.9 12 ± 2 41.5
Aztreonam 20 ± 1 5.9 310 ± 35 11