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. 2005 Dec 12;393(Pt 1):51–58. doi: 10.1042/BJ20050831

Table 5. Apparent kinetic parameters of wild-type and W23F and W23Y mutants for NADH-dependent reduction of a series of ketones.

Value
Substrate/parameter Enzyme… Wild-type W23F W23Y
Acetophenone (Taft σ*=0.60; molecular volume=108.1 A3)
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 0.5 0.2 0.2
Acetoin (Taft σ*=0.46; molecular volume=82.9 A3)
Km (mM) 451 851 519
kcat (s−1) 0.8 0.7 0.4
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 1.8 0.8 0.8
4-Hydroxybutan-2-one (Taft σ*=0.21; molecular volume=98.1 A3)
Km (mM) 392 373 289
kcat (s−1) 0.02 0.02 0.01
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 0.05 0.05 0.03
Diacetyl (Taft σ*=1.65; molecular volume=74.2 A3)
Km (mM) 15 34 107
kcat (s−1) 12 9.6 13
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 800 282 121
Acetylacetone (Taft σ*=0.60; molecular volume=91.3 A3)
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 0.07 0.03 0.03
Oxopantoyl-lactone (Taft σ*=1.81; molecular volume=104.7 A3)
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 8.0 46 36
Ethyl pyruvate (Taft σ*=2.26; molecular volume=97.7 A3)
Km (mM) 12 15 14
kcat (s−1) 6.5 2.4 0.8
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 542 160 57
Ethyl benzoylformate (Taft σ*=2.86; molecular volume=47.9 A3)
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 269 911 636
Ethyl acetoacetate (Taft σ*=0.82; molecular volume=114.6 A3)
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 0.7 0.3 0.2
Ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate§ (Taft σ*=1.83; molecular volume=127.0 A3)
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 34 68 62
Ethyl 4,4,4-trifluoroacetoacetate (Taft σ*=3.38; molecular volume=122.9 A3)
kcat/Km (M−1·s−1) 0.3 0.6 0.3

† 2% (v/v) Ethanol was added.

‡ 5% (v/v) Ethanol was added.

§ 100 mM Tris/HCl buffer, pH 7.0.