Table 1 Steady-state kinetic constants of cytidylyltransferasesa

From: The predominance of nucleotidyl activation in bacterial phosphonate biosynthesis

Enzyme

Substrate

kcat (s−1)

KM (mM)

kcat/KM (M−1 s−1)

Specificityb

Ref.

Ari-PntC

AEP

3.7 ± 0.1

0.012 ± 0.001

3.2 × 105

0.0023

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ChoPc

0.7 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.8

7.2 × 102

  

Spn-LicC

AEP

0.72 ± 0.05

0.3 ± 0.1

2.3 × 103

200

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ChoPd

1.06 ± 0.04

2.4( ± 0.6)x10−3

4.5 × 105

  
 

ChoP

3.6

0.060

6.0 × 104

2700

30

 

PEtn

0.031

1.43

22

  
 

ChoP

17.5

0.39

4.5 × 104

 

29

 

ChoP

37

0.066

5.6 × 105

 

26

Tde-PntC

AEP

1.05 ± 0.05

0.016 ± 0.005

6.8 × 104

ND

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ChoP

NDe

ND

ND

  
  1. PEtn phosphoethanolamine
  2. aStandard errors are included for data generated in this work
  3. bRatio of specificity constants (kcat/KM) for ChoP:AEP (or PEtn)
  4. cSubstrate inhibition observed with KS = 4 ± 1 mM
  5. dSubstrate inhibition observed with KS = 6.4 ± 0.9 mM
  6. eND, not determined due to low activity