TABLE 1

Enzyme kinetic parameters for DABE hydrolysis in recombinant CES1, CES2, pooled HLS9 fractions, and pooled HIMs

All reactions were run in triplicate and results are presented as mean ± S.D.

Metabolic ReactionKmVmaxCLint
µMpmol/min per mg proteinµl/min per mg protein
CES1
 DABE → M124.9 ± 2.9676 ± 2627.2
 DABE → M2N.D.N.D.N.D.
CES2
 DABE → M1N.DN.D.N.D.
 DABE → M25.5 ± 0.871.1 ± 2.412.9
HLS9
 DABE → M133.5 ± 4.11174 ± 5435.0
 DABE → M215.4 ± 1.930.8 ± 1.12.0
HIM
 DABE → M1N.DN.D.N.D.
 DABE → M28.6 ± 0.9207.1 ± 5.724.1
  • N.D., kinetic parameters not determined due to the low concentration of metabolites detected.