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. 2014 Jun 2;3:e02501. doi: 10.7554/eLife.02501

Table 2.

Steady-state kinetic constants for amino acid activation by PheRS from E. coli and S. cerevisiae cytoplasmic PheRS

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02501.010

Phe m-Tyr p-Tyr Specificity (kcat/KM/kcat/KM)
PheRS KM (µM) kcat (s−1) kcat/KM (s−1/µM) KM (µM) kcat (s−1) kcat/KM (s−1/µM) kcat/KM (s−1/µM) Phe/m-Tyr Phe/p-Tyr
E. coli 18 ± 4 5.2 ± 2 0.29 247 ± 60 2.1 ± 0.8 0.008 1.1 × 10-4 35 2650
Yeast ct 16 ± 2 26 ± 4 1.6 1150 ± 230 26 ± 4 0.023 0.014 71 120