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. 2005 Aug;71(8):4736–4743. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4736-4743.2005

TABLE 2.

Apparent kinetic constants of PH and ToMO

Substrate	PH			ToMO
Substrate	k_cat (s⁻¹)^a	K_m (μM)^b	k_cat/K_m (s⁻¹ μM⁻¹)	k_cat (s⁻¹)^a	K_m (μM)^b	k_cat/K_m (s⁻¹ μM⁻¹)
Phenol	1.02	0.6	1.69	1	2.18	0.46
p-Cresol	0.77	0.6	1.29	0.63	13.26	0.047
o-Cresol	0.946	3.13	0.3	0.9	6.0	0.15
m-Cresol	0.609	1.8	0.34	0.44	9.38	0.047
2,3-DMP	0.9425	33.87	0.028	0.2	25.7	0.008
3,4-DMP	0.771	3.37	0.228	0.38	7.7	0.049
Benzene	0.092	25	0.004	0.36	0.2	1.81
Toluene	0.148	22	0.007	0.42	3.93	0.11
o-Xylene	0.125	32.5	0.004	0.25	3.73	0.067

^a

The errors for k_cat values were about 26%. The errors for the k_cat values for phenol were about 20%.

^b

The errors for K_m values were less than 10%. The error for the K_m of ToMO for benzene was about 25%.