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. 2006 Nov;72(11):7074–7082. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01334-06

TABLE 2.

Kinetics of Cr(VI) reduction for wild-type E. coli ChrR and the evolved ChrR6 enzyme

Enzyme Vmax [nmol Cr(VI) mg protein−1 min−1] Km (μM) kcat (s−1)a kcat/Km
E. coli ChrR 295 ± 27 376 ± 14 30 ± 2 4.5 × 104 ± 3 × 103
ChrR6 8,812 ± 611 41 ± 5 521 ± 18 1.3 × 107 ± 3 × 105
a

Based on a dimeric enzyme molecular mass of 50 kDa (1).