Skip to main content

Table 1 Kinetic analysis of synthetic and natural substrates determined in 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) at 50°C

From: Characterisation of a recombinant β-xylosidase (xylA) from Aspergillus oryzae expressed in Pichia pastoris

Substrate

Km(mM)

Vmax(μmol min−1 mg−1)

kcat(sec−1)

kcat/Km (mM−1 s−1)

pNPX

1 ± 0.3

250 ± 0.001

352.7

352.7

pNPX + 20 mM Xylose

2.9 ± 0.5

250.5 ± 23

353.4

121.9

pNPX + 20 mM Fructose

0.1 ± 0.06

14.5 ± 3

20.6

206

Xylobiose (X2)

2.6 ± 0.3

25.5 ± 0.1

36.0

13.8

Xylotriose (X3)

3.07 ± 0.3

21.3 ± 0.3

30.1

9.7

Xylotetraose (X4)

0.62 ± 0.4

14.5 ± 0.003

20.5

33.1

  1. ± standard deviation of the means of triplicate data.