Enzymes with kcat/Km values close to diffusion controlled (108 - 109 M-1s-1)
enzyme substrate kcat (s-1) Km (M) kcat/Km (M-1s-1)
acetylcholinesterase acetylcholine 1.4 x 104 9 x 10-5 1.6 x 108
carbonic anhydrase CO2 1 x 106 1.2 x 10-2 8.3 x 107
HCO3- 4 x 105 2.6 x 10-2 1.5 x 107
catalase H2O2 4 x 107 1.1 4 x 107
crotonase crotonyl-CoA 5.7 x 103 2 x 10-5 2.8 x 108
fumarase fumarate 8 x 102 5 x 10-6 1.6 x 108
  malate 9 x 102 2.5 x 10-5 3.6 x 107
triose phosphate isomeraser glyceraldehyde-3-P 4.3 x 103 4.7 x 10-4 2.4 x 108
b-lactamase benzylpenicillin 2.0 x 103 2 x 10-4 1 x 108