TABLE 1

Kinetic properties of hENT1 and hENT1-M33I

The Km, Vmax, and Ki values shown are the means ± S.E. of three to five separate experiments.

Protein Permeant KmVmaxVmax/KmKi
μM pmol/mg/min pmol/mg/min/μM μM
hENT1 Uridine 44.1 ± 2.6 1060 ± 20 24.0 51.9 ± 2.8
Cytidine 234 ± 47 1280 ± 70 5.4 346 ± 49
Thymidine N.D. N.D. N.D. 81.6 ± 3.1
Adenosine 17.8 ± 0.8 1330 ± 20 74.7 10.3 ± 0.4
Inosine 28.5 ± 2.6 1300 ± 30 45.6 34.6 ± 1.9
Guanosine 47.5 ± 4.8 1080 ± 30 22.7 48.6 ± 3.6
hENT1-M33I Uridine 30.0 ± 1.4 707 ± 10 23.6
Cytidine 150 ± 38 814 ± 68 5.4
Adenosine 12.2 ± 0.5 1010 ± 10 82.8
Inosine 24.0 ± 4.0 804 ± 36 33.5
Guanosine 49.8 ± 4.7 784 ± 36 15.7
  • N.D., not determined.