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. 2004 Apr;70(4):2211–2219. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2211-2219.2004

TABLE 2.

Kinetic constants of PH and ToMO on benzene and phenola

Substrate PH
ToMO
kcat (s−1) Km (μM) kcat/Km (103 s−1 μM−1) kcat (s−1) Km (μM) kcat/Km (103 s−1 μM−1)
Benzene (cells) 0.092 25 3.7 0.36 ∼0.2 1,810
Phenol (cells) 1.02 0.6 1,696 1.00 2.18 460
Phenol (complex) 0.286 0.61 469
a

Constants were measured on cells (benzene and phenol) or on the reconstituted complex (phenol). Errors were always lower than 6% except those for Km on benzene, which was about 25%.