Kinetic characterization of VIM-7, a divergent member of the VIM metallo-beta-lactamase family

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Aug;52(8):2905-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00166-08. Epub 2008 Jun 16.

Abstract

Purified recombinant VIM-7 possesses efficient penicillinase and carbapenemase activities comparable to those of VIM-2. Cephalosporinase activity was variable and generally lower than those of VIM-1 and VIM-2. A homology model suggests that the VIM-7 Tyr-218 Phe substitution may be responsible for the reduced catalytic efficiency against certain cephalosporins, including ceftazidime and cefepime.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acremonium / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Catalysis
  • Catalytic Domain / genetics
  • Cefepime
  • Ceftazidime / metabolism
  • Cephalosporins / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Molecular
  • Mutation
  • Penicillinase / metabolism*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Substrate Specificity
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Cephalosporins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Cefepime
  • Ceftazidime
  • Penicillinase
  • beta-Lactamases
  • carbapenemase