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. 2014 Aug;42(8):1334–1340. doi: 10.1124/dmd.114.058107

TABLE 3.

Enzyme kinetic parameters for the conversion of 6-mercaptopurine to 6-thioxanthine by purified recombinant human aldehyde oxidase and 6-thioxanthine to 6-thiouric acid by E. coli lysate containing recombinant human xanthine oxidase

Data are representative of at least duplicate measurements ± S.E.M.

Reaction Source Enzyme Kinetics Vmax
Kcat Km
Ki
Vmax1 Vmax2 Km1 Km2
nmol/min per milligram min−1 μM μM
6MP → 6TX Purified human AO Substrate Inhibition NA NA 0.2 ± 0.0 572 ± 172 NA 244 ± 77
6TX → 6TUA Human XO containing E. coli lysate Michaelis-Menten NA NA NA 30 ± 2 NA NA