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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Biol Chem. 2003 May 5;278(28):26039–26045. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M303867200

TABLE III.

Steady state kinetic parameters for E. coli BioH carboxylesterase activity with various substrates

Substrate Km kcat kcat/Km
mm s−1 m−1 s−1
pNP-acetate (C2) 0.29 ± 0.04 18.5 ± 1.7 63.8 × 103
pNP-propionate (C3) 0.35 ± 0.08 13.1 ± 1.2 37.4 × 103
pNP-butyrate (C4) 0.33 ± 0.06 6.1 ± 0.7 18.5 × 103
pNP-caproate (C6) 0.25 ± 0.02 4.0 ± 0.1 16.0 × 103
pNP-laurate (C12) 0.60 ± 0.13 1.5 ± 0.2 2.5 × 103