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. 2000 Jul;66(7):2981–2987. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.7.2981-2987.2000

TABLE 4.

Malic enzyme specific activities in C. glutamicum strains grown on different carbon substrates

Strain Sp act (μmol · min−1 · mg of protein−1) on C sourcea:
Glucose Lactate Acetate
Wild type 0.14 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01 0.034 ± 0.005
ΔmalE <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
WT(pMF22) 1.0 ± 0.04 1.4 ± 0.06 1.6 ± 0.06
a

The results are average values obtained with protein extracts taken from at least two independent experiments and analyzed in triplicate, and the standard errors are indicated.