Table 1. Kinetic Parameters for Acetyl-CoA Activation of the Pyruvate Carboxylation Reaction Catalyzed by RePC in the Presence of Different Concentrations of l-Aspartatea.
[l-aspartate] (mM) | Ka for acetyl-CoA (μM) | Hill coefficient (h1) | kcat (s–1) | k0 (s–1) |
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0 | 7.3 ± 0.9 | 2.47 ± 0.21 | 22.9 ± 0.5 | 0.32 |
2 | 14.5 ± 0.5 | 2.87 ± 0.26 | 23.9 ± 0.6 | 0.27 |
4 | 23.7 ± 0.7 | 2.48 ± 0.16 | 24.9 ± 0.6 | 0.23 |
6 | 35.6 ± 1.1 | 2.74 ± 0.22 | 22.4 ± 0.6 | 0.21 |
8 | 60.5 ± 3.0 | 2.54 ± 0.21 | 25.3 ± 1.2 | 0.19 |
Assay conditions: 0.1 M Tris-HCl (pH 7.8), 20 mM NaHCO3, 6 mM MgCl2, 1 mM MgATP, 0.2 mM NADH, 10 mM sodium pyruvate, and 5 units of malate dehydrogenase (MDH). The concentrations of acetyl-CoA and l-aspartate were varied from 0 to 150 μM and from 0 to 8 mM, respectively. The parameters (±standard errors) were estimated from a nonlinear regression fit of the data at each l-aspartate concentration to eq 1 except k0, which was measured directly.