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. 2003 Dec;69(12):7507–7513. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7507-7513.2003

TABLE 3.

Effects of metal ions on Nocardia GTPCH activity

Salt added Remaining activity (%)a
1 mM 5 mM
None 100 100
CaCl2 100 18.8
CoCl2 110 87.4
CuCl2 95.1 9.1
FeCl2 94.2 51.9
HgCl2 13 58.1 (0.1 mM)
MgCl2 100 90.7
MnCl2 102 65.5
ZnCl2 100 9.5
a

The activity of controls with no added metal salts was 0.02 nmol−1·h−1 as 100%.