... mMFe(NH4)2(SO4)2slightly increased the activity. Other metal salts did not affect the enzyme activity.Fig. 3. Absorption spectra of the reaction products from the cleavage of 4-amino-3-hydroxybenzoate. (A) Reaction ... Murakami, S., Nakanishi, Y. , Kodama, N., Takenaka, S., Shinke,R. & Aoki, K. (1998) Purification, characterization, and geneanalysis of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase from the aniline-assimilatingbacterium ... were purchased from TokyoKasei Kogyo (Tokyo, Japan), meat extract (ExtractEhlrich) was from Kyokuto Seiyaku Kogyo (Osaka, Japan)and 4-aminoresorcinol hydrochloride was from Aldrich(Milwaukee,...