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. 2010 Sep 10;76(21):7023–7028. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01706-10

TABLE 2.

Disulfide reductase activities of purified LpdAAm and PdhLRe with different substrates

Disulfide substratea Mean specific enzyme activity (mkat/kg of protein) ± SDb
LpdAAm PdhLRe
(±)-α-Lipoamide 1,833.3 ± 19.2 1,666.7 ± 57.8
(±)-α-Lipoic acid 130.0 ± 1.5 78.3 ± 2.8
DTNB 3.2 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 0.3
DTDP 0.7 ± 0.2 0.5 ± 0.1
DTDB - -
GSSG - -
a

DTNB, 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid); DTDP, 3,3′-dithiodipropionic acid; DTDB, 4,4′-dithiodibutyric acid; GSSG, glutathione-disulfide.

b

Each assay was performed in triplicate. -, below detection limit.