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. 2014 Oct 20;53(45):7100–7106. doi: 10.1021/bi501113u

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)
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
a

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.