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. 2005 Mar;187(6):2077–2083. doi: 10.1128/JB.187.6.2077-2083.2005

TABLE 5.

Kinetic parameters for substrates of P. furiosus lysine aminopeptidase

KAP Substratea Km (mM) Vmax (μmol/min/mg) kcatb (s−1) kcat/Km (mM−1 s−1)
n-KAP Lys-pNA 4.6 2,900 1,260 274
Lys-Gly-Gly 1.8 677 305 169
r-KAP Lys-pNA 4.0 2,870 1,840 460
Lys-Gly-Gly 2.7 2,300 1,460 540
Arg-pNA 1.4 1,200 769 550
a

All assays were carried out at 100°C in 50 mM MOPS, pH 8.0.

b

Based on a molecular mass of 38.2 kDa.