TABLE 6.
Specific enzymatic activity and flux relative to available enzyme activity in C. cellulolyticum cell extract at steady-state growtha
| Enzymea | Results obtained at D (h−1) ofa:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.014
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0.035
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0.064
|
0.083
|
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| Mean SEA [μmol min−1 (mg of protein)−1] ± SD | R | Mean SEA [μmol min−1 (mg of protein)−1] ± SD | R | Mean SEA [μmol min−1 (mg of protein)−1] ± SD | R | Mean SEA [μmol min−1 (mg of protein)−1] ± SD | R | |
| GAPDH (EC 1.2.1.12) | 1.13 ± 0.19 | 2.37 ± 0.28 | 2.82 ± 0.31 | 3.81 ± 0.45 | ||||
| PGM (EC 5.4.2.2) | 0.021 ± 0.006 | 1.3 | 0.028 ± 0.008 | 1.2 | 0.035 ± 0.013 | 1.1 | 0.044 ± 0.011 | 1.3 |
| LDH (EC 1.1.1.27) | 0.13 ± 0.01 | 150.6 | 0.26 ± 0.03 | 298.3 | 0.38 ± 0.04 | 402.9 | 0.43 ± 0.05 | 434.2 |
| PFO (EC 1.2.7.1) | 0.44 ± 0.04 | 10.2 | 0.57 ± 0.06 | 9.8 | 0.71 ± 0.07 | 10.9 | 0.74 ± 0.09 | 9.8 |
| PTA (EC 2.3.1.8) | 0.76 ± 0.08 | 23.9 | 0.95 ± 0.01 | 23.2 | 0.99 ± 0.13 | 22.8 | 1.03 ± 0.14 | 22.1 |
| AK (EC 2.7.2.1) | 0.22 ± 0.03 | 6.9 | 0.46 ± 0.04 | 11.3 | 1.11 ± 0.15 | 25.5 | 1.56 ± 0.21 | 33.6 |
| AADH (EC 1.2.1.10) | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 7.9 | 0.09 ± 0.02 | 5.4 | 0.24 ± 0.02 | 10.6 | 0.29 ± 0.03 | 10.2 |
| ADH (EC 1.1.1.1) | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 15.2 | 0.25 ± 0.03 | 14.9 | 0.41 ± 0.04 | 18.5 | 0.49 ± 0.06 | 17.2 |
SEA, specific activity of enzyme; R, ratio of specific enzymatic activity to metabolic flux through the metabolic pathway (see Results).