Fig. 2.
The E. coli genes gstB and gshA provide resistance to bromoacetate. (A) Michaelis–Menten plot of GstB catalyzed conjugation of glutathione to bromoacetate under saturating glutathione. This plot yields a kcat value of 27 s-1 a Km value for bromoacetate of 5 mM and a second-order rate constant of 5.4 × 103 M-1 s-1. (B) Growth of gstB- and gshA- strains on LB-agar supplemented with bromoacetate (0.45 mM), iodoacetate (0.125 mM) or bromoacetamide (0.175 mM) compared to the parental strain (BW25113).