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Table 2 Biochemical properties of TKT P and TKT C

From: Characterization of two transketolases encoded on the chromosome and the plasmid pBM19 of the facultative ribulose monophosphate cycle methylotroph Bacillus methanolicus

Parameter

TKTC

TKTP

Molecular weight

73 kDa

73 kDa

280 kDa (tetramer)

280 kDa (tetramer)

Optimal activity conditions:

50 mM Tris–HCl, pH 7.5, 2 mM Mn2+, 2 μM THDP, 55°C

50 mM Tris–HCl, pH7.7, 5 mM Mn2+, 1 μM THDP, 55°C

Optimal pH

7.2-7.4

7.2-7.4

Optimal temperature

62°C

62°C

Temperature stability

< 60°C

< 60°C

Kinetics

  

X5P

KM

    0.15 ± 0.01 mM

    0.23 ± 0.01 mM

Vmax

  34 ± 1 U/mg

  45 ± 28 U/mg

kcat

  40 s-1

  54 s-1

kcat/KM

264 s–1 mM–1

231 s–1 mM–1

R5P

KM

    0.12 ± 0.01 mM

    0.25 ± 0.01 mM

Vmax

  11 ± 1 U/mg

  18 ± 1 U/mg

kcat

  13 s-1

  21 s-1

kcat/KM

109 s–1 mM–1

  84 s–1 mM–1

GAP

KM

    0.92 ± 0.03 mM

    0.67 ± 0.01 mM

Vmax

  85 ± 3 U/mg

  42 ± 1 U/mg

kcat

  99 s-1

  48 s-1

kcat/KM

108 s–1 mM–1

  71 s–1 mM–1

F6P

KM

    0.72 ± 0.11 mM

    0.25 ± 0.01 mM

 

Vmax

  71 ± 11 U/mg

  96 ± 5 U/mg

 

kcat

  82 s-1

112 s-1

 

kcat/KM

115 s–1 mM–1

448 s–1 mM–1

  1. Values for KM (mM), Vmax (U/mg), and catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM = s-1 mM-1) were determined for two independent protein purifications and mean values and arithmetric deviations from the mean are given.