Table S1.
In vitro properties determined for DHFR mutants
| DHFR variant | kcat, s−1 | Km, μM | kcat/Km, s−1⋅μM−1 | Ki, nM | Bis-ANS | Tm, °C | ΔTm, °C |
| E. coli | |||||||
| WT | 14 | 0.87 | 16.4 | 0.94 | 1.0 | 57.7 | 0 |
| P21L | 9.3 | 0.34 | 27.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 49.3 | −8.4 |
| A26T | 5.4 | 0.78 | 6.97 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 52.9 | −4.8 |
| L28R | 1.7 | 0.22 | 7.70 | 29 | 0.4 | 63.7 | 6 |
| P21L/A26T | 7.9 | 0.94 | 8.38 | 12 | 2.1 | 43.7 | −14 |
| P21L/L28R | 0.31 | 0.14 | 2.29 | 162 | 0.9 | 57.2 | −0.5 |
| A26T/L28R | 1.6 | 0.19 | 8.39 | 98 | 1.7 | 58.1 | 0.4 |
| P21L/A26T/L28R | 1.0 | 0.30 | 3.14 | 242 | 2.1 | 58.5 | 0.8 |
| L. grayi | |||||||
| WT | 67 | 1.80 | 37.1 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 53.4 | −4.3 |
| P21L | 5.6 | 0.38 | 14.8 | 3.9 | 8.0 | 50.7 | −7 |
| A26T | 55 | 1.76 | 30.9 | 2.2 | 7.4 | 49.8 | −7.9 |
| L28R | 7.2 | 2.56 | 2.80 | 19 | 5.3 | 50.1 | −7.6 |
| P21L/A26T | 15 | 5.50 | 2.70 | 25 | 5.8 | 48.5 | −9.2 |
| P21L/L28R | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.48 | 152 | 12.1 | 51.2 | −6.5 |
| A26T/L28R | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.91 | 140.0 | 8.8 | 52.5 | −5.2 |
| P21L/A26T/L28R | 0.15 | 0.27 | 0.58 | 335 | 5.7 | 47.9 | −9.8 |
| C. muridarum | |||||||
| WT | 11 | 5.48 | 2.10 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 56.4 | −1.3 |
| P23L | 5.4 | 2.67 | 2.02 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 58.2 | 0.5 |
| E28T | 5.1 | 1.65 | 3.11 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 55 | −2.7 |
| L30R | 1.0 | 1.27 | 0.77 | 100 | 3.8 | 58.4 | 0.7 |
| P23L/E28T | 1.2 | 0.66 | 1.75 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 58.1 | 0.4 |
| P23L/L30R | 0.24 | 0.65 | 0.37 | 76 | 3.7 | 57.6 | −0.1 |
| E28T/L30R | 1.3 | 0.76 | 1.73 | 40 | 5.1 | 55.1 | −2.6 |
| P23L/E28T/L30R | 0.61 | 1.00 | 0.61 | 92 | 7.5 | 55.4 | −2.3 |