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. 2003 Aug;69(8):4359–4366. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4359-4366.2003

TABLE 3.

Kinetic constants of nitrilase with different substrates

Substrate Vmax (U mg−1) Km (mM) Kcat (s−1) kcat/Km (s−1 M−1)
Benzonitrile 0.33 0.97 0.22 227
Indole-3-acetonitrile 1.5 2.4 1.0 417
2-Chloropropionitrile 1.4 5.2 0.92 177
Valeronitrile 0.7 4.4 0.47 107
Octanoic acid dinitrile 0.7 0.2 0.47 2,350
Decanoic acid dinitrile 0.4 0.3 0.27 900
Fumarodinitrile 109 28 72.7 2,600