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Table 2 Kinetic parameters of T. cruzi TS, T. congolense TS1b and TS1 e-1

From: Biochemical characterization of trans-sialidase TS1 variants from Trypanosoma congolense

 

Acceptor substrates

Donor substrates

 

Lactose

Gal-MU

Fetuin-bound Siax

 

vmax

(μmol/(min × mg TS))

KM

(μM)

vmax

(μmol/(min × mg TS))

KM

(μM)

vmax

(μmol/(min × mg TS))

KM

(μM)

TS1b

4.3 ± 0.1

1683 ± 101

0.77 ± 0.03

57 ± 14

7.9 ± 0.3

359 ± 45

TS1 e-1

2.1 ± 0.1

727 ± 48

0.72 ± 0.03

74 ± 17

7.6 ± 0.5

1617 ± 223

T. cruzi TS

8.4 ± 0.3

327 ± 31

n.d.

n.d.

37.9 ± 6.0

4124 ± 985

  1. KM and vmax were calculated from Michaelis-Menten kinetics (Figure 7) by SigmaPlot. Data points are means ± standard deviations of three replicates. × Approximately 30 nmol Sia per 100 μg fetuin. Abbr.: n.d.: not determined.