Table 1 Catalytic parameters (±s.e.m.) for the dehydration of L-Ser and D-Ser and racemisation of L-Ser by hSR, Q89M-hSR and Q89A-hSR.

From: Glutamine 89 is a key residue in the allosteric modulation of human serine racemase activity by ATP

Reaction

Protein

Km (mM)

kcat (min−1)

kcat/Km (s−1·M−1)

Increase

−ATP

+ATP

−ATP

+ATP

−ATP

+ATP

L-Ser racemisation

hSR

35 ± 4

34 ± 5

19 ± 1

35 ± 1

9.2 ± 1.0

17.5 ± 2.4

1.9

Q89M-hSR

24 ± 2

22 ± 2

14 ± 1

24 ± 1

9.9 ± 0.8

18.0 ± 2.0

1.8

Q89A-hSR

20 ± 2

16 ± 1

11 ± 1

14 ± 1

9.4 ± 0.8

14.7 ± 0.9

1.6

L-Ser dehydration

hSR

76 ± 10

12 ± 1

37 ± 4

183 ± 3

8.1 ± 1.3

253.0 ± 19.6

31

Q89M-hSR

22 ± 1

19 ± 2

17 ± 1

56 ± 1

12.7 ± 0.6

48.9 ± 4.5

3.9

Q89A-hSR

28 ± 2

27 ± 3

31 ± 1

98 ± 1

18.1 ± 0.6

59.4 ± 3.6

3.3

D-Ser dehydration

hSR

46 ± 3

167 ± 16

1.7 ± 0.1

23 ± 1

0.6 ± 0.1

2.4 ± 0.2

4.0

Q89M-hSR

60 ± 2

65 ± 7

3.2 ± 0.1

9.6 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.1

2.5 ± 0.4

2.8

Q89A-hSR

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

1.6 ± 0.2

3.6 ± 0.3

2.3

  1. Due to the low purification yields of Q89A-hSR and the high concentration required for the D-Ser dehydration reaction only the kcat/Km was estimated. The dependences of initial velocities on substrate concentration used to calculate the kinetic parameters are shown in Fig. 3. The last column reports fold increase of catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) in the presence of ATP with respect to the absence of nucleotide.