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. 1998 Mar 3;95(5):2158–2162. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.5.2158

Table 1.

Rate constants for ribozyme 13/40 cleavage at various triplets

Cleavable triplet Single-turnover
Multiple-turnover
kcat, min−1
kcat, min−1 Km, nM
A16.2U16.1G17↓A1.1 0.14 30.33 0.88
A16.2U16.1A17↓A1.1 0.10 34.09 0.38
A16.2U16.1U17↓A1.1 NA NA 0.007
A16.2U16.1C17↓A1.1 NA NA NA
A16.2A16.1G17↓A1.1 0.19 108.7 0.54
A16.2U16.1G17U1.1 0.08 80.06 0.40
A16.2U16.1G17G1.1 0.46 172.05 0.68
U16.2U16.1G17↓A1.1 ND ND 0.83
G16.2U16.1G17↓A1.1 ND ND 1.19

The cleavage position is indicated by an arrow. Reaction conditions were as described in Materials and Methods. NA, no activity detectable; ND, not determined; deviations from the AUG-A sequence are underlined.