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. 2020 Jan 11;13:5. doi: 10.1186/s13068-019-1643-0

Table 2.

Kinetic parameters of PirXI variants

PirXI variants Metal Kact (µM)c Kinetic parametersa
kcat (s−1) KM (mM) kcat/KM (s−1 M−1)
WT Mg2+ 130 ± 7 2.2 ± 0.1 7.1 ± 0.5 310
Mn2+ 0.44 ± 0.05 6.9 ± 0.2 6.2 ± 0.7 1110
Ca2+ 230 ± 20 0.8 ± 0.1 1360 ± 160 0.4b
V270A–A273G Mg2+ 160 ± 14 1.8 ± 0.1 11.6 ± 1.6 155
Mn2+ 0.39 ± 0.05 2.8 ± 0.1 9 ± 1 310
Ca2+ 140 ± 12 0.28 ± 0.01 1760 ± 120 0.18b
S141N–T142S–A143S–G174A Mg2+ 126 ± 10 1.6 ± 0.2 27 ± 9 60
Mn2+ 2.4 ± 0.5 4.9 ± 1 37 ± 1.5 132
Ca2+ 96.5 ± 3.5 0.06 ± 0.01 1200 ± 300 0.03b
E15D–T142S Mg2+ 190 ± 10 1.9 ± 0.1 22 ± 2 86
Mn2+ 2.1 ± 0.3 5 ± 0.2 53 ± 4 94
Ca2+ 50 ± 10 > 0.02 N.A. 0.018b
N338C Mg2+ 112 ± 7 4.2 ± 0.2 22 ± 2 191
Mn2+ 1.3 ± 0.3 7.2 ± 0.2 29 ± 1.5 248
Ca2+ 163 ± 6.5 0.78 ± 0.2 2800 ± 800 0.2b

aAll assays were performed at 30 °C in 20 mM MOPS buffer, pH 7. Values are averages from three (wild type, V270A–A273G PirXI) or two (S141N–T142S–A143S–G174A, E15D–T142S and N338C PirXI) independent measurements. The margins represent standard deviations

bCatalytic efficiencies obtained from slopes of Michaelis–Menten plots at [S] ≪ KM because of the high KM for xylose in the presence of Ca2+ as activating metal

cThe Kact value is defined as the metal concentration giving half-maximal activity, as measured with a saturating concentration of xylose (100 mM in case of Mg+ and Mn2+, 400 mM in case of Ca2+)