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Table 1 The effect of divalent metal ions on lytic activity of peptidase M15A enzyme

From: Cloning, expression, and characterization of a peptidoglycan hydrolase from the Burkholderia pseudomallei phage ST79

Relative lytic activity (%)a

Without metal ions (control)

100.0 ± 1.98

Metal ions

100 μM

1000 μM

Mg2+

110.0 ± 2.6

50.3 ± 6.8

Ca2+

106.1 ± 5.4

95.3 ± 4.2

Mn2+

111.9 ± 0.4

65.6 ± 21.5

  1. aThe activities are shown as percentages in relation to the non-treated peptidase M15A control. Values represent the mean ± standard deviation of triplicate experiments
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