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. 2001 Apr 1;29(7):1484–1490. doi: 10.1093/nar/29.7.1484

Table 1. T4 Dam, T2 Dam and T2 Dam P126S steady-state kinetic parameters determined with synthetic oligonucleotides.

Structure of T4 Dam T2 Dam   T2 Dam P126S  
recognition site
Km (nM)
kcat (s–1 10–3)
Relative kcat (%)
Km (nM)
kcat (s–1 10–3)
Relative kcat (%)
Km (nM)
kcat (s–1 10–3)
Relative kcat (%)
GATC 10.3 (0.6) 24.80 (4.6) 100 13.9 (1.5) 41.90 (4.3) 169 11.0 (1.6) 39.30 (3.5) 158
GATT  4.4 (1.8)  5.70 (0.4)  23  8.6 (2.4)  9.10 (1.2)  37 16.3 (2.6) 13.90 (1.1)  56
GATA  5.7 (0.9)  5.80 (0.7)  23  7.1 (0.5)  9.10 (0.4)  37 12.2 (0.8) 15.30 (1.8)  62
GATG  5.0 (0.8) 12.40 (0.4)  50 11.7 (4.1) 19.70 (0.3)  79 17.5 (0.6) 26.10 (1.3) 105
GACC 24.6 (4.4)  7.50 (1.0)  30 14.6 (3.9)  7.90 (0.6)  32 13.2 (3.6)  7.30 (2.0)  29
GACT 21.0 (1.3)  1.24 (0.29)   5 61.9 (13.9)  2.10 (0.6)   8 15.5 (2.4)  8.50 (1.5)  34
GACA  3.2 (0.6)  0.13 (0.07)   0.5 15.6 (1.7)  0.11 (0.06)   0.4 10.5 (0.1)  0.46 (0.09)   1.9
GACG  3.2 (0.4)  0.10 (0.02)   0.4  5.9 (1.9)  0.14 (0.03)   0.6 10.0 (2.3)  0.36 (0.04)   1.5

Standard error values are in parentheses.