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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2015 Jul 15;54(29):4542–4554. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00584

Table 4.

Comparison of the thiosulfate transferase (TST) activities of various CstBs.a

Enzyme Km
(x10−3 M)
Vmax
(μmol SCN min−1 mg−1)
kcat (s−1) kcat/Km
(x10−3 M ·s−1)
CstB 1.7 ± 0.2 10.4 ± 0.6 8.5 ± 0.5 5.0 ± 0.7
C201S CstB 2.2 ± 0.4 11.2 ± 0.9 9.2 ± 0.7 4.2 ± 0.8
C408S CstB NAb NA NA NA
CstBPDO-RHD NA NA NA NA
CstBRhod NA NA NA NA
CstBPDO-RHD + CstBRhod NA NA NA NA
a

Condition: 0.4 μM CstB (protomer), 50 mM KCN, 100 mM MES, pH 6.0, 25 °C.

b

NA, no activity observed.