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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Eng J. 2008 May;40(1):157–174. doi: 10.1016/j.bej.2007.12.003

Table 3.

Specific activities and kinetic parameters for the pentose phosphate pathway in Zymomonas mobilis.

Enzyme Symbol in the Model Specific Activity(†) Kinetics Parameters Comments References
Xylose Uptake (Upt) X8 29509 U/mg [36]
Km = 92-148 mM (Xylose) Glucose facilitator (glf) [45]
Km = 40mM (Xylose)
Vmax = 115 nmol min-1 mg[dry wt]-1 (*)
[46]
Transketolase-a(α) (PPP2) X9 120 U/mg [36]
9.7 U/mg Km = 160 μM (Xy5P)
Km = 1400 μM (Rib5P)
[47]. Tables 2 and 5
Transketolase-(PPP3) X10 34.29 U/mg Km = 9950 μM (S7P)
Km = 8690 μM (GAP)
[36]
2.7 U/mg At 29 hr. Xylose as carbon source [38]. Table 10
Transketolase-b(α) (PPP4) X11 120 U/mg Km = 160 μM (Xy5P)
Km = 90 μM (E4P)
[36]
2.5 U/mg At 29 h. Xylose as carbon source [38]. Table 10
12.7 U/mg Km = 90 μM (E4P)
Km = 31000 μM (Rib5P)
E. coli [48]. Table 1 and 2
Km = 18 μM (E4P) Yeast [48]. Table 2
Transaldolase (Gly2) X12 60 U/mg Km = 1040 μM (F6P) [36]
Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Gly3) X13 25 U/mg [36]
Km = 29 μM(GAP) Celery leaves. No data for Z. mobilis [49]
Phosphoglucose isomerase (α) (Gly1) X14 228 U/mg Km = 200 μM (F6P) [36]
1.2 U/mg At 29 h. Xylose as carbon source [38]. Table 10
6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PPP1) X15 Km = 25 μM (6PG) [36]
245 U/mg Km = 40 μM (6-phosphogluconate)
Ki = 400 μM (DL-alpha-glycerophosphate)
[50]
(†)

U/mg = μM min-1 mg protein-1

(*)

Parameters in bold were used in the model

(α)

Enzyme kinetics from [36]. Table II