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. 2001 Dec;67(12):5460–5466. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5460-5466.2001

TABLE 1.

Dioxygenase specific activity for recombinant E. coli strains carrying the nitroarene dioxygenases

Dioxygenase (strain)	Sp act^a				Relative activity
Dioxygenase (strain)	Nitrobenzene^b	2,4-DNT^b	2-ADNT^c	4-ADNT^c	Relative activity
Nitrobenzene dioxygenase	4.6			0.87	0.19
2,4-DNT dioxygenase (DNT)		15.2	4.4		0.23
2,4-DNT dioxygenase (R34)		22.2	5.4		0.24

^a

Nanomoles of nitrite per minute per milligram of protein.

^b

50 μM.

^c

25 μM.