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. 2019 May 7;5(5):e01634. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01634

Table 4.

Kinetic parameters of α-amylase-catalyzed degradation of starch in the absence and presence of Luffa cylindrica seed protein hydrolysates.

Catalytic Parameter No ​Inhibitor PepH (mg/mL)
TrypH (mg/mL)
AlcH (mg/mL)
0.50 1.00 1.50 0.50 1.00 1.50 0.50 1.00 1.50
Km (mg/mL) 1.75 1.57 1.67 1.60 1.67 1.83 1.50 1.67 1.57 1.67
Vmax 2500 1429 1667 2000 1250 1667 1667 1667 1429 1111
CE (μmol/mL/min) 1429 910 998 1250 749 911 1111 998 910 665
Ki 4.21 3.57 1.46

Km – Michaelis constant in the presence and absence of hydrolysate; Vmax – Maximum reaction rate in the presence and absence of hydrolysate; CE – Catalytic efficiency; Ki – Enzyme-inhibitor dissociation constant; PepH, TrypH and AlcH – Peptic, tryptic and Alcalase hydrolysates respectively.