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. 2005 Aug;71(8):4352–4358. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4352-4358.2005

TABLE 3.

Effect of cations on NAD kinase activitya

Cationb Poly(P)x-dependent relative activity (%) ATP-dependent relative activity (%)
None 0 0
MnCl2 100 62
MgCl2 103 103
NiCl2 80 36
CaCl2 57 65
ZnCl2 56 78
CuCl2 100 158
a

The specific activity obtained in an assay mixture composed of 100 mM bis-Tris-HCl (pH 6.8), 5 mM NAD, 5 mM MnCl2, and 2 mg/ml poly(P)x is represented as 100%.

b

The concentration of cations used was 5 mM.