Metabolite
Magnesium
Also known as: Mg²⁺ · magnesium cation
- cytosol
- mitochondrial matrix
- Formula
- Mg
- Mass
- 24.31 g/mol
- Family
- cation
Needed in
- ATP synthaseas a cofactor · Respiratory chain
- Arginaseas a cofactor · Urea cycle
- Pyruvate dehydrogenase complexas a cofactor · Oxidative decarboxylation
- Chloroplast ATP synthaseas a cofactor · Light reactions
- Phosphoglucomutaseas a cofactor · Glycogenesis
- Phosphoglucomutaseas a cofactor · Glycogenolysis
- Hexokinase Ias a cofactor · Glycolysis
- Phosphoglucose isomeraseas a cofactor · Glycolysis
- Phosphofructokinase-1as a cofactor · Glycolysis
- Phosphoglycerate kinaseas a cofactor · Glycolysis
- Phosphoglycerate mutaseas a cofactor · Glycolysis
- Enolaseas a cofactor · Glycolysis
- Pyruvate kinaseas a cofactor · Glycolysis
- Pyruvate carboxylaseas a cofactor · Gluconeogenesis
- Acetyl-CoA carboxylaseas a cofactor · Lipogenesis
- PRPP synthetaseas a cofactor · Purines