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. 2000 Feb;182(3):796–804. doi: 10.1128/jb.182.3.796-804.2000

TABLE 3.

Physicochemical properties of catalases from D. gigas and other organisms

Source Molecular mass (kDa) No. of subunits Sp act (U/mg) Molar extinction coefficient (104 M−1 · cm−1) at Soret band No. of hemes/molecule Reference
D. gigas 186 3 4,200 12.3 0.9 This work
Bacteroides fragilis 130 2 8,000 15.0 1.0 45
D. vulgaris 232 4 50,000 20.5 1.8 27
Bovine liver 240 4 36,000 29.0 2.0 14
Equine liver 240 4 45,000 34.0 3.0 14
Micrococcus lysodeikticus 232 4 99,000 41.0 4.0 14