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. 2021 Feb 17;18(3):1305–1316. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c01154

Table 3. Kinetics for CES Mediated Hydrolysis Reactions.

substrate main enzyme Km (μM) literature data references Km(μM) (this study)
NPA multiple esterases 198 ± 17 (HLM)a (23, 32, 49, and 63) 125 ± 13 in pig cornea
    68 ± 15 (rabbit cornea)   263.2 ± 15 in rabbit cornea
    520 ± 60 (pig liver CES1)    
DME CES1 ≈5 (rhCES1) (13) 2.7 ± 1.3 in pig cornea
        2.5 ± 0.8 in rabbit cornea
FDA CES2 4.87 ± 0.51 (HLM) (16, 49, and 64) 16 ± 1.6 in pig retina
    28.8 (HLM)   5.5 ± 0.4 in rabbit cornea
a

HLM, human liver microsomes; rhCES, recombinant human CES1 or CES2.