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. 2012 Mar 9;21(5):707–716. doi: 10.1002/pro.2058

Table I.

Steady-State Kinetic Constants for Amino Acid Ligases

Enzyme pH Km1 (mM) Km2 (mM) kcat (min−1)
BacD 7.7 1.7 ± 0.11c 20 ± 0.57d 630 ± 6.5
DdlB (E. coli)a 7.8 0.0033 1.2 1018
VanA (E. faecium)b 8.6 3.4 38 295
a

For d-alanine:d-alanine ligase activity.8

b

For d-alanine:d-alanine ligase activity.12

c

For l-alanine.

d

For l-phenylalanine.