TABLE 1.
Reagent (final concn) | Residual activity (%)a |
---|---|
Potassium cyanide (10 mM) | 0 |
Sodium azide (10 mM) | 0 |
3-AT (4 mM) | 38 |
Ethanol-chloroform (25%–15%) | 71 |
Cu2+ (10 mM) | 52 |
Hg2+ (10 mM) | 14 |
SDS (4%) | 97 |
2-ME (30 mM) | 14 |
Residual activity was determined spectrophotometrically after incubation of the purified enzyme for 1 h in the presence of the different reagents tested.