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. 2008 Dec 1;75(2):419–427. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01844-08

TABLE 2.

Km,P, Km,K, Vmax,P, Vmax,K, and the residual activities in the presence of 10 mM l-valine, l-isoleucine, l-leucine, or all three BCAAs (10 mM each) of the WT AHAS or the modified AHAS ΔC-T ilvN

Enzyme Values for indicated substrate
Residual activity in the presence of 10 mM inhibitor(s) (%)a
Pyruvate + pyruvate
α-Ketobutyrate + pyruvate
Km,P (mM) Vmax,P (mU/mg) Km,K (mM) Vmax,K (mU/mg) l-Valine l-Isoleucine l-Leucine All three BCAAs
Wild-type AHAS 7.8 77.6 5.6 113.9 50 54 65 46
AHAS ΔC-T ilvN 4.7 22.3 6.9 56.8 104 104 104 107
a

Activities were measured using 50 mM pyruvate as the substrate. A value of 100% corresponds to 73.5 mU/mg for the WT AHAS and 22.1 mU/mg for AHAS ΔC-T ilvN.