... His145Asnmutations on the affinity of metal bindingto arginase IITo further examine the effects of the His120fiAsnand His145fiAsn mutations on the interaction of the enzyme with manganese ions, ... addition to removal of the more weakly bound Mn2+, the lower affinity for thatmore tightly bound to the protein may explain the absence of Mn2+ from the EDTA-treated species of the His145Asn variant. ... lgÆmL)1, for the wild-type, His120Asn, His145Asn and Asn149Asp variants,respectively. The line in (B) is for the average of experimentalvalues for all the enzyme variants. Interaction of arginase...