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. 2005 Apr;187(7):2386–2394. doi: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2386-2394.2005

TABLE 4.

Kinetic parameters for wild-type and variant acetate kinases assayed in the direction of propionyl phosphate and butyryl phosphate synthesis

Enzyme Propionate
Butyrate
kcat (s−1) Km (mM) kcat/Km (s−1 mM−1) kcat (s−1) Km (mM) kcat/Km (s−1 mM−1)
Wild type 218 ± 15 14.4 ± 1.4 24 ± 5.4 0.18 ± 0.016 39 ± 13 0.005 ± 0.002
Val93 Ala 1,029 ± 45 6.2 ± 0.9 165 ± 25 42.4 ± 9.0 33.4 ± 3.5 1.26 ± 0.3
Val93 Gly 840 ± 3 25.0 ± 0.6 33.6 ± 0.8 294 ± 21 63 ± 6.0 4.6 ± 0.3
Leu122 Ala 6.7 ± 0.3 10.7 ± 1.4 0.63 ± 0.09 NDa ND ND
Phe179 Ala 0.37 ± 0.01 11 ± 0.8 0.033 ± 0.003 ND ND ND
Pro232 Ala 8.5 ± 0.3 46 ± 3 0.19 ± 0.01 ND ND ND
a

ND, activity was below the detection limit (change in absorbance at 340 nm of <0.0001 U/min).