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. 2008 Jan 11;9(2):199–205. doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401154

Table 2.

Kinetic data (±s.e.m., n=3) for the epimerization of UDP-GlcNAc by wild-type and mutant Bacillus anthracis UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase

Enzyme kcat (s−1) KM (mM) kcat/KM (s−1 mM−1) n
Wild type 7.9±0.3 2.2±0.2 3.6 1.4±0.1
Arg210Ala 0.021±0.001 20.9±2.2 0.001 1.15±0.07
His242Ala 0.22±0.10 10.4±1.0 0.021 1.47±0.15
His44Gln 4.0±0.2 7.3±0.8 0.55 1.21±0.08
Gln70Ala 2.06±0.07 11.1±0.8 0.19 1.24±0.06
Gln43Ala 1.20±0.07 17.2±1.6 0.070 1.77±0.23
UDP-GlcNAc, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine.