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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2007 Mar 20;154(1):1–5. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.03.009

Table 1.

Kinetic parameters of the wild type and three pyrimethamine-resistant DHFR enzymes. Values are the average of at least 7 experiments ± the standard deviation.

Genotype kcat (sec−1) KmDHF (μM) Km NADPH (μM) kcat/Km
WILD TYPE 1.24 ± 0.11 44.4 ± 12.1 23.2 ± 9.5 0.028
51I/59R/108N 1.23 ± 0.35 20.9 ± 5.5 37.9 ± 11.9 0.059
51I/59R/108N/164L 1.42 ±0.57 20.7 ± 6.8 37.3 ± 13.2 0.069
51I/59R/108N/213A 0.68 ± 0.17 10.2 ± 5.1 30.9 ± 12.2 0.066