6.5.1.3 Mg2+ - 1987, 1997 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ activates, optimum: 5-10 mM 662976 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ dependent on 747437 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ divalent cation required 1985 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ enzyme activity is optimal at 5 mM Mg2+ 749277 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ Km: 0.4 mM, inhibition above 10 mM 1995 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ L1 ligase is an obligate metalloenzyme that is highly specific for Mg2+. It is selected in the presence of 60 mM MgCl2 and functions optimally in Mg2+ concentrations as high as 100 mM 677128 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ magnesium ion interacts with the beta and gamma-phosphate groups and is almost perfectly octahedrally coordinated by six phosphate and water oxygen atoms 662636 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ Mg2+ or Mn2+ required 662241 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ nucleotidyl transfer Mg2+ dependent 652246 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ optimum activity at 5 mM 653392 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ required 1910, 1983, 1995 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ requires metal ions for structure and catalysis 650172 6.5.1.3 Mg2+ the active site contains two metal ions, consistent with the two-magnesium ion catalytic mechanism 674568 6.5.1.3 Mn2+ activates, showing slightly higher activity than Mg2+ 662976 6.5.1.3 Mn2+ enzyme activity is optimal at 2.5 mM Mn2+ 749277 6.5.1.3 Mn2+ Mg2+ or Mn2+ required 662241 6.5.1.3 Mn2+ only marginal activity 650172 6.5.1.3 Mn2+ optimum activity at 1 mM 653392 6.5.1.3 Mn2+ the enzyme prefers manganese as the metal cofactor for nick sealing 749172 6.5.1.3 additional information calcium, cobalt, copper, cadmium, nickel, and zinc are ineffective 749277 6.5.1.3 additional information no detectable activity with Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Cd2+, Pb2+, Co(NH3)6 3+, or spermine 650172