TABLE 1

Enzyme kinetic parameters for aldehyde oxidase- and xanthine oxidase-catalyzed reactions in pooled human liver cytosol

Values represent the mean (±standard error) of triplicate determinations.


Reaction

Model

KM

Vmax

KS

r2
μM pmol/min/mg μM
Aldehyde oxidase
    Phthalazine → 1-phthalazinone Substrate inhibition 2.6 (±0.3) 1800 (±600) 280 (±40) 0.988
    Vanillin → vanillic acid Michaelis-Menten 2.7 (±0.4) 2400 (±100) N/A 0.980
    Nicotine-Δ1′(5′)-iminium ion → cotinine Michaelis-Menten 0.85 (±0.13) 5300 (±100) N/A 0.964
    CP-544,439 → CP-544,439 amide Substrate inhibition 58 (±3) 2.4 (±0.1) 1000 (±100) 1.000
Xanthine oxidase:
    Pterin → isoxanthopterin
Michaelis-Mentena
34 (±8)
28 (±2)
N/A
0.999
  • a The pterin oxidation enzyme kinetic data could be fit to a two-enzyme model in which the second activity had a KM value in excess of the highest concentration tested and an intrinsic clearance of 0.087 μl/min/mg.