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Table 1 Kinetic characterization of M. tuberculosis branched-chain aminotransferase. The enzyme was incubated with varying concentrations of substrate and 10 mM cosubstrate, as described in the Methods section.

From: Branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase and methionine formation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Substrate

Cosubstrate

Apparent Km (mM)

Apparent Vmax (μmol/min/mg protein)

Leu

KMTB

2.50 ± 0.90

3.65 ± 0.43

Val

KMTB

1.77 ± 0.86

2.58 ± 0.41

Ile

KMTB

2.85 ± 0.56

4.28 ± 0.32

Glu

KMTB

9.53 ± 3.43

5.70 ± 1.20

Phe

KMTB

7.44 ± 1.40

2.17 ± 0.22

KMTB

Leu

4.20 ± 1.79

4.22 ± 0.72

Leu

KG

6.02 ± 0.94

13.44 ± 0.84

Val

KG

5.79 ± 0.99

11.82 ± 0.80

Ile

KG

6.16 ± 1.14

14.35 ± 1.08

KG

Leu

6.95 ± 1.44

12.80 ± 1.12