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. 2012 Jun 25;287(34):28802–28815. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.381624

TABLE 1.

Values of kinetic parameters for TrCel7A from single-turnover experiments

Enzyme(s)a [14CB]maxb [ES]trapc Pappd kb kcate
μm μm CB units s1 s1
TrCel7A 15 ± 2 0.22 ± 0.10 66 ± 7f 0.033 ± 0.006f 2.2 ± 0.5f
TrCel7A + EG 34 ± 2 0.67 ± 0.01 50 ± 3 0.030 ± 0.005 1.5 ± 0.2
CDTrCel7A 4.9 ± 0.5 0.089 ± 0.05
CDTrCel7A + EG 11 ± 2 0.28 ± 0.02 40 ± 6 0.031 ± 0.025 1.2 ± 0.4

a Experimental conditions were as follows: [14C-BC] = 0.5 mg ml−1, [TrCel7A] or [CDTrCel7A] = 1.0 μm, [β-glucosidase] = 0.125 μm, 25 °C, pH 5.0. If present, the concentration of EG (TrCel5A) was 0.1 μm. An AC trap was added after 10 s of hydrolysis.

b Values of [14CB]max and k were found by non-linear regression of [14C-cellobiose] released under single-turnover conditions according to Equation 1.

c Concentration of TrCel7A at the moment of trap addition ([ES]trap) represents the population of TrCel7A with the active site occupied by the cellulose chain ([TrCel7A]OA) after 10 s of hydrolysis.

d Apparent processivity of TrCel7A (Papp, in cellobiose units) was found from the values of [14CB]max and [ES]trap according to Equation 3.

e The value of kcat was found from the values of k and Papp according to Equation 5.

f These values are averages over values obtained at different TrCel7A concentrations and at different times of trap addition (supplemental Table S1).