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A general correction to catalytic rates determined for nonprocessive exo-depolymerases acting on both substrate and
J Rose Stoller1, Kurt Wagschal2, Charles C Lee2
1USDA-ARS-National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
Abstract:
We recently reported on the kinetics of the polygalacturonase TtGH28 acting on trimer and dimer substrates. When the starting substrate for hydrolysis is the trimer, the product dimer is also subject to hydrolysis, resulting in discrepancies when either the concentration of dimer or monomer product is used for analysis of trimer hydrolysis. Here, we derive a method for determining catalytic rates of exo-hydrolases acting on trimer (and higher order) substrates when products may also be substrates for hydrolysis and show how this correction may be applied for TtGH28.
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