Table 3.

BCAAR activity in the cells of d-BCAA producing lactic acid bacteria.

Strain	Reaction timea (h)	Specific activity (nmol/min/mg protein)b
		l-Valc	l-Ilec	l-Leuc
L. fermentum	1	1.97 ± 0.13	25.3 ± 2.07	23.4 ± 2.22
W. paramesenteroides	6	6.76 ± 0.91	33.5 ± 2.6	8.36 ± 0.84
L. reuteri	24	−d	0.198 ± 0.017	0.112 ± 0.013
L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides	6	0.784 ± 0.040	2.46 ± 0.22	1.01 ± 0.09
L. gelidum subsp. gasicomitatum	2	2.83 ± 0.23	6.81 ± 0.52	0.756 ± 0.049
L. vaginalis	24	−	0.879 ± 0.065	1.48 ± 0.11
L. pseudomesenteroides	24	0.260 ± 0.017	1.07 ± 0.08	0.157 ± 0.014

^aThe actual reaction times for measurement of BCAAR activity.

^bValues were obtained through repeated measurements (n = 3).

^cSubstrates used in triplicate reactions.

^d–,not detected.