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. 2008 Aug 29;283(35):23685–23691. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M803372200

TABLE 2.

Apparent kinetic constants for insertion of divalent transition metals into 3 μm protoporphyrin IX in the presence of ferrochelatase

NA, not applicable.

Murine FC
Yeast FC
Km Ki kcat Km Ki kcat
μm μm min-1 μm μm min-1
Iron 0.79 ± 0.19 n/a 6.6 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.1 n/a 45 ± 1
Cobalt 0.12 ± 0.04 22 ± 3 1.3 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 20 ± 10 11 ± 4
Nickel 1.1 ± 0.2 70 ± 10 1.3 ± 0.1 5.0 ± 0.5 74 ± 9 18 ± 1
Zinc NA 12 ± 2 1.4 ± 0.1 0.19 ± 0.06 1.8 ± 0.4 23 ± 3