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Table 2 Kinetic parameters of all the enzymes in the n-butanol pathway

From: Metabolic engineering of Clostridium thermocellum for n-butanol production from cellulose

Enzyme

Substrate for Km measurements

Km (mM)

Vmax (µmol/min/mg)a

kcat/Km (103 M−1s−1)

Tt_Thl

Acetyl-CoA

2.4 ± 0.58b

19.2 ± 1.8

11.7 ± 3.5

Tt_Hbd

Acetoacetyl-CoA

0.03 ± 0.01

67.4 ± 7.4

3955 ± 658

Tt_Crt

Hydroxybutyryl-CoA

0.6 ± 0.1

181.3 ± 15.4

607 ± 54

St_Ter

Crotonyl-CoA

0.03 ± 0.01

22.6 ± 2.2

924 ± 89

Ts_Bad

Butyryl-CoA

0.2 ± 0.1

16.1 ± 2.2

79.1 ± 1.5

Ts_Bdh

Butyraldehyde

4.2 ± 0.9

27.2 ± 3.4

9.1 ± 0.9

Ts_Bad

Acetyl-CoA

0.09 ± 0.01

5.2 ± 0.7

71.1 ± 6.9

Ts_Bdh

Acetaldehyde

5.8 ± 0.8

31.2 ± 3.1

7.6 ± 0.3

  1. a0.3 mM NADH was used as cofactor
  2. bError represents one standard deviation, n = 3