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. 2014 Jul 16;2:46. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00046

Table 2.

Substrate specificities of pNBE and selected variants.

Enzyme Substrate kcat (1/min) Km (mM) kcat/Km (1/min*mM)
WT pNPA 370 ± 30 1.2 ± 0.3 300 ± 80
pNPB 1100 ± 40 0.08 ± 0.01 14000 ± 2000
A107H pNPA 130 ± 10 5.6 ± 0.7 23 ± 3
pNPB 520 ± 20 0.12 ± 0.02 4300 ± 700
A107H/A190C pNPA 70 ± 10 0.9 ± 0.4 70 ± 30
pNPB 7 ± 1 0.3 ± 0.1 20 ± 10
A107H/A400T pNPB 460 ± 10 0.12 ± 0.02 3800 ± 600
A107H/A400V pNPB 510 ± 30 0.17 ± 0.03 3000 ± 600
BChE Ω Loop Mutant with A107H pNPA 185 ± 6 1.6 ± 0.1 116 ± 8

pNPA (pNP-acetate) and pNPB (pNP-butyrate) assays were run in 50 mM HEPES pH 7.0, 150 mM NaCl, 22 ± 3°C. All enzymes had the N-terminal His-tag.