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. 2015 Aug 28;4:89–97. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2015.08.014

Table 3.

Catalytic and structural properties of AHAS from different organisms.a

Organisms Subunits
ApparentKmfor
Specific activity (U/mg)b Enzyme Reference
Catalytic Regulatory Pyruvate (mM) TPP (µM) Mg2+(µM) FAD (µM)
Mycobacterium avium 66 18 2±0.2 7.5±0.4 NR 0.1 4 R [25]
Haemophilus influenza 63 NR 9.2 13.6 NR NR 1.5 R [28]
Shigella sonnei 65 NR 8.1 0.01 180 0.12 R [27]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis NR NR 1.6±0.4 1.4±0.3 NR NR 4.6 R [24]
Escherichia coli Isozyme I 60.4 11.1 3.7 NR NR 760 0.4 R [11], [64]
Escherichia coli Isozyme II 59.3 9.6 5.0±0.5 2.6 0.65±0.03 1.1 0.01±0.002 3.8 0.17±0.04 NR 20 52.7 R [65,17]
Escherichia coli Isozyme III 63.0 17.5 11.5±1.4 18±3 3300±800 2.2±0.5 2.6 R [18], [19]
Saccharomyces cerevisiae ~70 40 8.6±1.4 110 280 0.3 49±1.8 R [16]
Arabidopsis thalianac 61 NR 11.7±0.6 25.3±1.4 198±19 1.5±0.22 7.9 R [29], [66]
Nicotiana tabacumc NR NR 8.1–12.8 80-210 NR 1.4–2.6 2.8–3.4 R [67]
Bacillus stearothermophilusc 62.4 18.7 8.8±1.2 5.5±0.8 20±3 NR 9.2 R [35]
Corynebacterium glutamicum 67 15.4 8.4 NR NR NR 0.37 N [68], [69]
Methanococcus aeolicus 65 19 6.8 1.6 300 1.3 39.3 Nd R [33], [54]
Haloferax volcanii 50 NR 25.5±5 8.7±0.9 NR NR 0.005 N [34]
Salmonella typhimurium 59 9.7 10.6±0.7 1.5±0.2 22±4 0.8±0.1 25.3 R [20]
Thermotoga maritima 65.5 20 16.4±1.9 56.5±5.6 NR 0.15±0.07 134±11 R This study
a

NR: not reported; R, recombinant; N, native enzyme.

b

Expressed as µmoles of acetolactate produced per min per milligram of enzyme.

c

The kinetics parameters are only reported for the catalytic subunit.

d

The kinetic parameters are reported for the native protein.