| Abstract: | The kinetics of pNPG, pNPX and cellobiose hydrolysis by beta-glucosidase cloned from C. thermocellum into E. coli was studied. The V values for these substrate hydrolysis are 102, 357 and 6.7 mumols/min/mg protein, respectively; Km are 0.44 mM, 50 mM and 100 mM, respectively, sigma-Gluconolactone inhibits the hydrolysis of all substrates according to a competitive mechanism with Ki of 0.032 mM, 6.0 mM and 0.25 mM, respectively. Glucose inhibits the hydrolysis of pNPG and pNPX also via a competitive mechanism with Ki of 10 mM and 37 mM, while cellobiose--via a mixed type mechanism with Ki of 110 mM and 350 mM. The existence of separate adsorption sites for each substrate and of a common catalytic site for pNPG and pNPX hydrolysis is supposed. |
