TABLE 3.

Specific activity^a of BOH towards primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, and aldehydes

Substrate	Mean ± SD of sp act (nmol min−1 mg of protein−1)	Relative activity (%)
Methanol	2 ± 0.5	0.7
Ethanol	82 ± 12	30
1-Propanol	61 ± 7	22
1-Butanol	239 ± 17	87
1-Pentanol	92 ± 10	34
1-Octanol	59 ± 10	22
2-Propanol	84 ± 9	30
2-Butanol	274 ± 9	100.0
2-Pentanol	167 ± 6	61
2-Octanol	42 ± 1	15
Propionaldehyde	91 ± 5	33
Butyraldehyde	68 ± 22	25

^aPMS-mediated, DCPIP reduction activity of the partially purified BOH (see text).