Table 3 Specific activities of L-arabinose reductase (LAR), L-arabitol 4-dehydrogenase (LAD), L-xylulose reductase (LXR) and xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) in crude cell free extracts of Y161 grown on different carbon sources
From: A novel method to prepare L-Arabinose from xylose mother liquor by yeast-mediated biopurification
Specific activity (U, mg of protein -1 ) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enzyme | Cofactors | Grown on galactose | Grown on xylose | Grown on xylitol |
LAR | NADPH | 0.032 | 0.16 | 0.12 |
NADH | 0.002 | 0.014 | 0.011 | |
LAD | NAD | 0.003 | 0.012 | 0.018 |
NADP | ND | ND | ND | |
LXR | NADPH | 0.004 | 0.021 | 0.024 |
NADH | ND | ND | ND | |
XDH | NAD | 0.86 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
NADP | 0.007 | 0.18 | 0.26 | |