The plot of log kobs vs. pH in 10 mM acetate
buffer at 4.5°C for WT (A), H24V/H119F
(B), and H36Q (C). All three curves are
fitted with same pKa values (Table 1), which are also used
to fit the data in citrate buffer (Fig. 2), with reference values
ku = 2 × 10−5,
kf = 6 (A),
ku = 2 × 10−6,
kf = 6 (B),
ku = 5 × 10−4, and
kf = 8 (C). The rate
constants are given in s−1, and the reference values refer
to pH 9.