Research Article

Clay Minerals Change the Toxic Effect of Cadmium on the Activities of Leucine Aminopeptidase

Table 4

Changes in the kinetic constants ( and ) of montmorillonite-immobilized LAP and kaolinite-immobilized LAP with 0, 4, and 10 μmol L-1 Cd contamination.

Montmorillonite-immobilized enzymeKaolinite-immobilized enzyme
0 μmol L-1Cd4 μmol L-1Cd10 μmol L-1Cd0 μmol L-1Cd4 μmol L-1Cd10 μmol L-1Cd

22.19A18.93A15.73A20.52A21.60A24.49A
74.42a72.44a88.65a76.53a93.19a83.68a
0.980.980.990.990.990.99