Table 3. Results of kinetic assays for E. coli WT and mutant TS enzymes.
| dUMP |
mTHF |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kcat (s−1) | Km (μM) | kcat/Km(s−1μM−1) | kcat (s−1) | Km (μM) | kcat/Km(s−1μM−1) | |
| WT¶ | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 82 ± 9 | 0.004 ± 0.0005 | 0.28 ± 0.01 | 77 ± 8 | 0.004 ± 0.0004 |
| WT║ | 0.60 ± 0.33 | 58 ± 9 | 0.01 ± 0.002 | 0.48 ± 0.04 | 59 ± 14 | 0.008 ± 0.002 |
| Ratio** | mutant/WT | mutant/WT | mutant/WT | mutant/WT | mutant/WT | mutant/WT |
| G23K¶ | 0.94 ± 0.07 | 0.37 ± 0.07 | 2.56 ± 0.54 | 0.86 ± 0.08 | 0.64 ± 0.15 | 1.35 ± 0.33 |
| E82K¶ | 0.16 ± 0.03 | 1.10 ± 0.44 | 0.14 ± 0.06 | 0.11 ± 0.04 | 1.19 ± 0.81 | 0.09 ± 0.07 |
| E86K║ | 2.17 ± 0.27 | 2.41 ± 0.80 | 0.90 ± 0.32 | 1.67 ± 0.40 | 2.54 ± 1.32 | 0.66 ± 0.37 |
| G257K║ | 0.57 ± 0.06 | 0.86 ± 0.23 | 0.66 ± 0.19 | 1.10 ± 0.19 | 2.71 ± 1.09 | 0.41 ± 0.18 |
| E. coli_2K║ | 1.83 ± 0.44 | 1.86 ± 1.09 | 0.98 ± 0.62 | 1.88 ± 0.56 | 2.37 ± 1.61 | 0.79 ± 0.59 |
| E. coli_4K¶ | 0.25 ± 0.06 | ~0.1 | ~1 | 0.21 ± 0.04 | ~0.2 | ~1 |
¶and ║ refer to independent sets of experiments and comparison within that set. See Fig. S4 for measured kinetic activities. Only approximate Km values could be obtained for the E. coli_4K mutant as they fell outside the measurable range.
**Standard error for the ratio