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. 2001 Jul;183(14):4259–4268. doi: 10.1128/JB.183.14.4259-4268.2001

TABLE 3.

Kinetic parameters for substrates of P. furiosus aminoacylase

Substratea Km (mM) Vmax (μmol/ min/mg) kcatb (s−1) kcat/km (mM−1s−1)
N-Acetyl-l-methionine 6.6 500 2,720 412
N-Formyl-l-methionine 13.0 99 538 41
N-Chloroacetyl-l-valine 2.5 500 2,720 1,090
a

All assays were carried out at 100°C in 50 mM Bis-Tris HCl, pH 6.5. 

b

Based on a minimum molecular mass of 42.06 kDa.