... methyl ester or the amide as acyl donor.It appeared that 6-APA and 7-ADCA were able toefficiently deacylate the phenylglycyl- and p-hydroxyphe-nylglycyl-enzyme of bF24A, as indicated by, respectively, ... wild-type values, whereas the specificity con-stants for p-hydroxyphenylglycine amide and phenylglycineamide had decreased 10-fold, due to a decreased kcatvalue. Alow amidase activity was also ... acylase; PAA, phenylacetic acid; PAAM,phenylacetamide; PAAOM, phenylacetic acid methyl ester; PG, phe-nylglycine; (H)PGA, (p-hydroxy)-D-phenylglycine amide; (H)PGM,(p-hydroxy)-D-phenylglycine...