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. 1998 Apr;180(8):2043–2049. doi: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2043-2049.1998

TABLE 3.

Substrate specificities of 4NBZDH activitiesa

Substrate Value for source of cell extract
TW3 grown on 4-nitrotoluene TW3 grown on toluene E. coli BL21(DE3) expressing ntnC
4-Nitrobenzaldehyde 100 100 100
3-Nitrobenzaldehyde 121 126 120
4-Methylbenzaldehyde 28 27 25
3-Methylbenzaldehyde 22 22 20
Benzaldehyde 40 43 37
a

Activities are expressed as percentages relative to that observed with 4-nitrobenzaldehyde, each value being the mean from two different cultures. No individual value was more than ±3% from the mean.