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. 2018 Sep 30;2018:8238459. doi: 10.1155/2018/8238459

Table 4.

Km(O2) values for various O2-consuming enzymes.

Enzyme Product Km(O2) (%) Details Reference
Nox2 O2 3.5 [77]
Nox2 O2 3.1 [78]
Nox2 O2 2-3 [19]
Nox2 O2 2-3 [79]
Nox4 H2O2 18 [78]
Nox4 H2O2 18 [19]
Nox4 H2O2 16–20 [79]
nNOS NO 2.3 Purified bovine enzyme [45]
nNOS NO/O2 2.2 Partially uncoupled rat enzyme [42, 43]
O2 3.4 Fully uncoupled rat enzyme
nNOS NO 15.7 Purified rat enzyme [47]
nNOS NO 39.8 Purified rat enzyme [80]
nNOS NO 28.5 Kinetic model based on rat enzyme data [81, 82]
eNOS NO 0.8 Purified bovine enzyme [45]
eNOS NO 0.3 Kinetic model based on rat enzyme data [82, 83]
iNOS NO 0.63 ± 0.09 Purified bovine enzyme [45]
iNOS NO 11.0 Isolated enzyme assay [84]
iNOS NO 10.6 Kinetic model [82]
NOS NO 3.1–10.8 Unspecified isoform [48, 85]
XO O2·−/H2O2 2.2–6.8 Isolated from bovine milk Fridovich et al. 1962, 1964
MAO H2O2 3.4–28 Mammalian enzymes; various substrates [8688]; reviewed in [57]
HO CO, iron, and bilirubin <1.5 Unspecified isoform from chicken liver [59]
LOX H2O2 1–2.6 Unspecified isoform [65]
COX-1 Various 0.4–3.1 Arachidonic acid substrate [63, 8991]
COX-2 Various 1.3–1.5 Arachidonic acid substrate [63, 65]
PHD Modified HIF 41–46 Various substrates [92]
FIH Modified HIF 4–12 Various substrates [92]

Nox: NADPH oxidase; NOS: nitric oxide synthase; XO: xanthine oxidase; MAO: monoamine oxidase; HO: heme oxygenase; LOX: lipoxygenase; COX: cyclooxygenase; PHD: prolyl hydroxylase; FIH: factor inhibiting HIF-1.