1.14.14.10 Mg2+ the enzyme shows little preference for Mg-nitrilotriacetate over Co-nitrilotriacetate, Ni-nitrilotriacetate, and Zn-nitrilotriacetate 717545 1.14.14.10 Mn2+ Mn2+ ions are able to replace Mg2+ but lead to a higher uncoupled NADH oxidation and enzyme activity is reduced to 70% of that with MgCl2 715329 1.14.14.10 additional information no nitrilotriacetate consumption is observed with Ca2+,Fe2+, Fe3+, Zn2+, Cu2+, or Ni2+ 715329 1.14.14.10 additional information the enzyme contains less than 0.15 atom of Fe per mol of protein, indicating that neither Fe-sulfur clusters nor cytochromes are present 715329 1.14.14.10 Ni2+ nitrilotriacetate is only a substrate when complexed with cations such as Mg2+, Al3+, Cu2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Fe2+ or Co2+ 717545 1.14.14.10 Zn2+ nitrilotriacetate is only a substrate when complexed with cations such as Mg2+, Al3+, Cu2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Fe2+ or Co2+ 717545