Family: VIM
Class: B
Sub Class: B1
Number of Variants: 34
Number of Proteins: 87
Number of Structures: 8
Taxonomic Lineage: Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriales > Enterobacteriaceae

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Variants Organism Uniprot ID PDB ID Hydrolytic profile Embl ID Genbank ID
VIM-1 Klebsiella pneumoniae Q5GN09 NA Carbapenem AY987853 AY987853.1
Alcaligenes denitrificans Q7AZX3 NA NA AJ278514 AJ278514.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q9XAY4 NA NA AJ784804 AJ784804
Acinetobacter baumanii Q4F6N3 NA Imipenem EF690696 EF690696.1
Providencia stuartii D5KZT0 NA NA JQ824049 JQ824049.1
Escherichia coli Q8GDC1 NA Carbapenem KC417377 KC417377.1
Proteus mirabilis A1E161 NA Carbapenem GU724870 GU724870.1
Pseudomonas putidaHB3267 L0FT78 NA NA CP003739 CP003739.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa138244 F5AQ53 NA NA AEVV01000357 AEVV01000357.1
Enterobacter cloacae Q6DT24 NA NA GQ422826 GQ422826.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q700T0 NA NA AY605049 AY605049.1
Morganella morganii Q15BH8 NA NA DQ522239 DQ522239.1
Enterobacter aerogenes A1E157 NA NA EF093145 EF093145.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q6SKX7 NA NA AY456196 AY456196.1
Klebsiella oxytocaKOX105 D7RTY0 NA NA HM126016 HM126016.1
Enterobacter cloacae Q2HQ50 NA NA AM183120 AM183120.1
VIM-2 Pseudomonas putida Q7BJM5 2YZ3 NA FJ548856 FJ548856.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q9K2N0 1KO2 1KO3 Carbapenem AY029772 AY029772.1
Acinetobacter genomosp. 10 A7YLT8 NA NA EU014075 EU014075.1
Citrobacter freundii K4MQM2 NA Carbapenem JX486753 JX486753.1
Serratia marcescens Q7BH94 NA NA NA NA
Klebsiella pneumoniae Q3Y6Q3 NA NA DQ153217 DQ153217.1
Acinetobacter baumannii Q7BJM7 NA NA AF324464 AF324464.1
Alcaligenes denitrificans Q84F91 NA NA DQ112222 DQ112222.1
Enterobacter cloacae Q7BI22 NA NA AF305559 AF305559.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa A4GRB6 NA NA EF394441 EF394441.1
Alcaligenes xylosoxydans Q68K11 NA Imipenem AY686225 AY686225.1
Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes Q6B3N4 NA NA AY685199 AY685199.1
Klebsiella oxytoca C0KTK4 NA NA FJ627181 FJ627181.1
Klebsiella pneumoniae Q7BDA2 NA NA GQ288399 GQ288399.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa D1MEN9 NA NA GU137304 GU137304.1
Pseudomonas sp.ID Ps26/217 A7L382 NA NA EF645354 EF645354.1
Pseudomonas sp.ID Ps 22/353 A7L381 NA NA EF645353 EF645353.1
Pseudomonas sp. ID Ps23/309 A7L384 NA NA ABS29628.1 EF645356.1
Pseudomonas spID Ps 20/234 A7L386 NA NA EF645358 EF645358.1
Pseudomonas spID Ps22574 A7L379 NA NA EF645351 EF645351.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa U3N1N3 NA NA KF184387 KF184387.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa S5MBM8 NA NA KF255589 KF255589.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa E5AXT9 NA >NA FR695888 FR695888.1
Stenotrophomonas matlophilia U5A695 NA NA KF471098 KF471098
Pseudomonas aeruginosa B8QIQ9 NA NA EU571945 EU571945.1
VIM-3 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q9F629 NA NA DQ342344 DQ342344.1
VIM-4 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q8KRJ3 2WHG NA AM087410 AM087410.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q70E11 2WRS NA AJ585042 AJ585042.1
Enterobacter cloacae A4LA65 NA NA EF467306 EF467306.1
Klebsiella pneumoniae Q1MNL9 NA NA AM181293 AM181293.1
Serratia marcescens G3GHX4 NA NA JF915437 JF915437.1
Klebsiella oxytoca D2K6E9 NA NA GU181269 GU181269.1
Aeromonas hydrophila B2Z1X5 NA NA EU581706 187960476
Pseudomonas putida B3WFR7 NA NA FM179467 FM179467.1
Pseudomonas putida B3WFR2 NA NA FM179466 FM179466.1
VIM-5 Enterobacter cloacae Q4ZE97 NA NA DQ023222 DQ023222.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q70GD3 NA NA AJ582121 AJ582121.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q6SKX7 NA NA AY456196 AY456196.1
VIM-6 Pseudomonas putida Q8GCU7 NA NA EF522838 EF522838.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa B9WPN1 NA NA FM994936 FM994936.1
Acinetobacter baumannii A7L375 NA NA EF645347 EF645347.1
Acinetobacter baumannii A7L376 NA NA EF645347 EF645347.1
VIM-7 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q840P9  2Y87  2Y8A  2Y8B NA AM778842 AM778842.1
VIM-8 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q6QUV4 NA NA AY524987 AY524987.1
VIM-9 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q6QUV3 NA NA AY524988 AY524988.1
VIM-10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q6QUV2 NA NA AY524989 AY524989.1
VIM-11 Acinetobacter baumannii Q0GN98 NA NA AY524989 AY524989.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q6GUL7 NA NA FJ445404 FJ445404.1
Acinetobacter heamolyticus Q4U0E9 NA NA DQ022682 DQ022682.1
VIM-12 Klebsiella pneumoniae Q3YBY0 NA NA DQ143913 DQ143913.1
VIM-13 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Q2HY42 NA NA GQ396666 GQ396666.1
Klebsiella pneumoniae I6ZVA9 NA NA JX013656 JX013656.1
VIM-14 Pseudomonas aeruginosa A0SWU7 NA Carbapenem Ceftazidime Cefotaxime Gentamicim EF055455 EF055455.1
VIM-15 Pseudomonas aeruginosa B4YAJ6 NA NA EU419745 EU419745.1
VIM-16 Pseudomonas aeruginosa B4YAJ7 NA NA GU390400 GU390400.1
VIM-17 Pseudomonas aeruginosa B5KVR9 NA NA EU118148 EU118148.1
VIM-18 Pseudomonas aeruginosa A7WPA3 NA NA NA AM778091
VIM-19 Escherichia coli D2D9J0 NA NA FJ499397 FJ499397.1
VIM-23 Enterobacter cloacae C7E2Z7 NA NA GQ242167 GQ242167.1
VIM-24 Klebsiella pneumoniae E0AFT6 NA NA HM855205 HM855205.1
VIM-25 Proteus mirabilis E5G503 NA NA HM750249 HM750249.1
VIM-26 Klebsiella pneumoniae E5BDC6 NA NA FR748153 FR748153.1
VIM-27 Klebsiella pneumoniae F6L7B6 NA NA JF803952 JF803952.1
VIM-28 Pseudomonas aeruginosa F8UTU0 NA NA JF900599 JF900599.1
VIM-30 Pseudomonas aeruginosa G8GER4 NA NA JN129451 JN129451.1
VIM-31 Enterobacter cloacae I3RJZ3 NA NA JN566054 JN566054.1
VIM-32 Klebsiella oxytoca H6UQF5 NA NA KC597709 KC597709.1
VIM-33 Klebsiella pneumoniae J7HBJ4 NA Carbapenem KC597709 KC597709.1
VIM-34 Klebsiella pneumoniae I6ZVA9 NA NA JX185132 JX185132.1
VIM-35 Klebsiella oxytoca L7UN39 NA NA JX982634 JX982634.1
VIM-36 Pseudomonas aeruginosa L7US14 NA NA JX982635 JX982635.1
VIM-37 Pseudomonas aeruginosa L7UNF1 NA Carbapenem JXN82636 JXN82636.1
VIM-38 Pseudomonas aeruginosa M1JB36 NA Carbapenem KC469971 KC469971.1
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