Table 2

Oxygen affinities of cellular enzymes expressed as the partial pressure of oxygen in mm Hg at which the enzyme rate is half maximum (Kmo2)

EnzymeSubstrateKmo2
Glucose oxidaseGlucose57
Xanthine oxidaseHypoxanthine50
Tryptophan oxygenaseTryptophan37
Nitric oxide synthasel-arginine30
Tyrosine hydroxylaseTyrosine25
NADPH oxidaseOxygen23
Cytochrome aa3Oxygen0.05