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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Genet Metab. 2014 Nov 8;114(1):55–61. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.11.001

Table 2.

Comparisons of live cell and in vitro assays for HGprt.

Mutation Live cell assay Engineered protein assay
velocity (% of normal) velocity (% of normal) Km of PRPP (fold of normal) Stability after 72 h
Hprt Gprt Hprt Gprt Hprt Gprt % of starting


c.[128T>G;130 G>A] 17.1 33.9 46.5 59.8 1.3 1.3 12
c.140A>T 2.8 6.2 75.3 70.4 3.7 22.5 32
c.140A>T 3.2 6.6 75.3 70.4 3.7 22.5 32
c.143G>A 32.7 54.6 69.9 107 2.1 1.6 49
c.148G>C 1.2 1.5 NA NA NA NA NA
c.212G>T 5.9 6.4 42.3 0.2 153 14.2 0
c.239A>T 20.2 30.9 53.9 21.7 3.5 7.2 16
c.580G>A 0.7 1.0 NA NA NA NA NA
c.582C>G 9.5 7.5 69 5.6 125.2 242 43
c.582C>G 2.4 1.9 69 5.6 125.2 242 43
c.599G>C 5.6 9.5 19.6 15.7 24 13.3 53
c.601G>A 4.8 9.6 20.6 7.3 20.6 28.4 NA

The kinetic parameters of Hprt or Gprt were normalized to the native enzyme in both live cell assay and in vitro protein assay. Data for the in vitro protein assay were derived from our prior report [8]. NA = not available.