Table 1.

Enzymatic properties of the Arg67His mutant thrombin toward synthetic and natural substrates/ligands

WTArg67His
Enzymatic properties      
 Substrate kcat(s−1Km(μM) kcat(s−1Km(μM) ΔΔG* (Kcal/mol) 
 Phe-Pip-Arg-pNA 85 ± 9 2.1 ± 0.2 81 ± 8 2.0 ± 0.1 
 Fibrinogen (Aα) 64.3 ± 1.3 2.9 ± 0.2 32.5 ± 2.9 37.8 ± 6.5 1.9 
 TR 38-60 peptide 106 ± 2.3 2.7 ± 0.2 49.9 ± 3.2 62.2 ± 8.3 2.6 
 kcat/Km (M−1s−1kcat/Km(M−1 s−1 
 PC (no TM) 5.03 ± 0.4 × 103 4.7 ± 0.2 × 103 
 PC (with 100 nM TM) 2.3 × 106 3.7 × 105 1.1 
WTArg67His
Enzymatic properties      
 Substrate kcat(s−1Km(μM) kcat(s−1Km(μM) ΔΔG* (Kcal/mol) 
 Phe-Pip-Arg-pNA 85 ± 9 2.1 ± 0.2 81 ± 8 2.0 ± 0.1 
 Fibrinogen (Aα) 64.3 ± 1.3 2.9 ± 0.2 32.5 ± 2.9 37.8 ± 6.5 1.9 
 TR 38-60 peptide 106 ± 2.3 2.7 ± 0.2 49.9 ± 3.2 62.2 ± 8.3 2.6 
 kcat/Km (M−1s−1kcat/Km(M−1 s−1 
 PC (no TM) 5.03 ± 0.4 × 103 4.7 ± 0.2 × 103 
 PC (with 100 nM TM) 2.3 × 106 3.7 × 105 1.1 
*

ΔΔG is the difference in free energy of activation for substrate hydrolysis, calculated as RT ln (Rwt/Rm) where Rwt and Rm are the kcat/Km pertaining to substrate hydrolysis by WT and Arg67His mutant, respectively. R is the gas constant and T the absolute temperature.

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