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Table 1 Effect of different metal ions on CmNAGase

From: A novel bacterial β-N-acetyl glucosaminidase from Chitinolyticbacter meiyuanensis possessing transglycosylation and reverse hydrolysis activities

Metal ions

Chemicals

Relative activity (%)

No addition

100

EDTA

EDTA

101.4 ± 3.2

Na+

NaCl

96.8 ± 6.7

K+

KCl

101.9 ± 7.8

Fe2+

FeCl2

97.6 ± 4.2

Ca2+

CaCl2

93.9 ± 6.6

Cu2+

CuCl2

0

Ni2+

NiCl2

106.3 ± 4.9

Zn2+

ZnCl2

0

Mg2+

MgCl2

83.3 ± 6.3

Mn2+

MnCl2

116.3 ± 3.5

Co2+

CoCl2

103.1 ± 3.8

Ba2+

BaCl2

34.7 ± 4.6

Al3+

AlCl3

0

Fe3+

FeCl3

21.3 ± 1.1

Cr3+

CrCl3

4.3 ± 2.5

  1. Samples were preincubated with various mental ions (10 mM) at pH 7.0 (Tris–HCl buffer) and 4 °C for 30 min. The remaining activity was measured with pNP-GlcNAc at pH 7.0 (Tris–HCl buffer) and 40 °C for 10 min. Activity in the absence of any additives was taken as 100%