TABLE 5

Derived kinetic constants for 4-MU glucuronidation by UGT1A3 and UGT1A4 chimeras and mutants Data shown as parameters ± S.E. of parameter fit.


Enzyme

Kma or S50b

Ksi a

Hill coefficient (nH)b

Vmax c

CLintd or CLmaxe
μM μM pmol/min/mg μl/min/mg
UGT1A3 1205 ± 37a 916 ± 30 1273 ± 41 1.06d
UGT1A3–4 781 ± 10a 1931 ± 35 767 ± 2 0.98d
UGT1A3–4-3 702 ± 71a 1496 ± 193 613 ± 2 0.87d
UGT1A3(I36T) 994 ± 39b 1.57 ± 0.06 115 ± 1 0.06e
UGT1A3(H40P) 1493 ± 93b 2.12 ± 0.15 15 ± 0.5 0.01e
UGT1A4 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
UGT1A4–3 1012 ± 29b 2.29 ± 0.14 24 ± 0.2 0.02e
UGT1A4–3-4 848 ± 102a 2393 ± 160 87 ± 11 0.10d
UGT1A4(T36I) 537 ± 6a 1680 ± 32 98 ± 1 0.18d
UGT1A4(P40H)
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
  • N.A., no activity

  • a From fitting to the substrate inhibition equation

  • b From fitting to the Hill equation

  • c Normalized for expression relative to UGT1A3

  • d Calculated as Vmax/Km

  • e Calculated according to eq. 4