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. 2006 Dec 21;401(Pt 2):399–410. doi: 10.1042/BJ20060973

Table 3. Kinetic constants for the hydrolysis of synthetic substrates by recombinant TcMCPs.

Kinetic parameters of recombinant TcMCPs were determined from Lineweaver–Burk plots, as described in the Materials and methods section. N.D., not detected.

Substrate Co2+ (50 μM) Km (mM) kcat (s−1) kcat/Km (s−1·mM−1)
TcMCP-1
 FA-Ala-Lys No 0.166 20 121
 FA-Ala-Lys Yes 0.169 5.7 34
 FA-Phe-Phe No N.D.* N.D.* N.D.*
 FA-Phe-Phe Yes 0.073 0.7 9.6
TcMCP-2
 FA-Phe-Phe No 0.024 7.6 315
 FA-Phe-Phe Yes 0.034 11 323