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. 2001 Mar;45(3):805–809. doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.3.805-809.2001

TABLE 4.

Kinetic properties of DHPS enzymes from S. pneumoniae strains with different repeats of amino acids

Source of DHPS Amino acid repeat Mean Km ± SD (μM) for:
Mean Ki for STZa ± SD (μM)
p-AB Pteridine
WA-5, Sulr Ile66-Glu67 2.0 ± 0.18 5.3 ± 1.6 18 ± 4
WA-5 Mut, Suls None 0.8 ± 0.12 5.5 ± 1.0 0.43 ± 0.16
CP1015, Suls None 0.73 ± 0.04 4.5 ± 0.4 0.54 ± 0.19
Pn93/720, Sulr Ser61 2.6 ± 0.23 5.5 ± 1.0 7.5 ± 1.20
J94/76, Sulr Ser61-Ser62 1.3 ± 0.22 9.7 ± 0.5 12.3 ± 2.1
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STZ, sulfathiazole.