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Table 1 Effect of metal ions on the activity of RdFucI

From: Enzymatic synthesis of l-fucose from l-fuculose using a fucose isomerase from Raoultella sp. and the biochemical and structural analyses of the enzyme

Metal ion

Relative activity (%)a

Controlb

100 ± 3

EDTA

77 ± 12

MnCl2

738 ± 70

MgCl2

533 ± 31

CoCl2

353 ± 83

CdCl2

183 ± 9

ZnCl2

159 ± 4

CsCl2

101 ± 16

LiSO4

101 ± 15

NiCl2

91 ± 13

FeCl3

74 ± 3

CaCl2

64 ± 8

CuCl2

58 ± 7

  1. aExperimental data represent means ± standard deviations of three replicates
  2. bControl represents the enzyme reaction not treated with EDTA or metal ions