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. 2009 May 27;37(13):4472–4481. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp400

Table 2.

Kinetic properties of wild-type and engineered kinases

DmdNK
R4.V1 (T85M, S123L, A147V, E172V, D189E, H193Y, N210D, S223G)
R4.V3 (T85M, E172V, Y179, H193Y)
R4.V9 (T85M, S123L, N130D, E172V, H193Y, L2031)
kcat/KM kcat/KM kcat/KM kcat/KM
kcat (s−1) KM (μM) (103 × s−1 M−1) kcat (s−1) KM (μM) (103 × s−1 M−1) kcat (s−1) KM (μM) (103 × s−1 M−1) kcat (s−1) KM (μM) (103 × s−1 M−1)
T 12.9 ± 0.9 2.7 ± 0.5 4813 0.09 ± 0.01 286 ± 27 0.3 0.03 ± 0.003 319 ± 88 0.1 0.08 ± 0.01 111 ± 14 0.7
(−143) (−106) (−16 000) (−430) (−118) (−48 000) (−160) (−41) (−6875)
dC 11.7 ± 0.7 2.0 ± 0.4 5850 0.09 ± 0.01 156 ± 7 0.6 0.03 ± 0.002 95 ± 19 0.36 0.11 ± 0.01 46 ± 13 2.3
(−130) (−78) (−9750) (−390) (−48) (−16 250) (−106) (−23) (−2543)
dA 15.8 ± 0.4 98 ± 3 161 0.08 ± 0.01 1560 ± 346 0.05 <0.01 >3000 0.16 ± 0.03 1734 ± 619 0.09
(−197) (−16) (−3220) (−99) (−18) (−1789)
dG 12.3 ± 0.4 450 ± 54 28 0.04 ± 0.01 1180 ± 300 0.03 <0.04 >3000 0.19 ± 0.01 1545 ± 154 0.12
(−307) (−2.6) (−933) (−65) (−3.4) (−233)
ddT 0.53 ± 0.03 115 ± 22 4.6 0.27 ± 0.02 102 ± 33 2.6 0.49 ± 0.01 167 ± 9 3 0.24 ± 0.01 101 ± 21 2.4
(−2) (+1.1) (−1.8) (−1.1) (−1.5) (−1.5) (−2.2) (+1.1) (−1.9)
fddT 0.18 ± 0.01 139 ± 24 1.3 0.020 ± 0.001 25 ± 3 0.8 0.021 ± 0.001 10 ± 1 1.9 0.017 ± 0.001 13 ± 2 1.3
(−9) (+5.6) (−1.6) (−9) (+14) (+1.5) (−11) (+11) (1)

Kinetic parameters for natural 2′-deoxyribonucleosides (T, dC, dA, dG) and nucleoside analogs (ddT, fddT) of wild-type enzyme (DmdNK) and selected candidates from the directed evolution experiments after four rounds. Numbers in parentheses are fold change in catalytic efficiency for the particular substrate (kcat/KM [variant]/kcat/KM [DmdNK]).