Table 1.
Kinetic Characterization of CHMO Variantsa
| NADH |
NADPH |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| variant | kcat (s−1) | KM (mM) | kcat/KM (mM−1 s−1) | kcat (s−1) | KM (mM) | kcat/KM (mM−1 s−1) |
| WT | n.d. | n.d. | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 13.5 ± 0.55b | 0.037 ± 0.01b | 370 ± 85b |
| DTN | n.d. | n.d. | 0.21 ± 0.03 | n.d. | n.d. | 3.39 ± 0.03 |
| DTNP | 2.46 ± 0.36 | 2.79 ± 0.43 | 0.88 ± 0.01 | n.d. | n.d. | 1.45 ± 0.12 |
| DTNPY | 5.08 ± 0.48 | 2.81 ± 0.21 | 1.81 ± 0.03 | n.d. | n.d. | 1.28 ± 0.04 |
n.d. Individual kcat or KM were not determined because the enzyme cannot be saturated with the cofactor concentrations tested (up to 4 mM). In which case, the catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM) was determined by fitting the modified Michaelis–Menten equation ν0 = Vmax [S]/KM
Values taken from Maxel et al.20