DNA replication, transcription, and translation

Magnesium is the fourth most abundant cation in the body after sodium, potassium, and calcium, and is the second most abundant cation in intracellular fluid after K+ Mg + is needed in many enzymatic reactions, particularly those in which ATP Mg + is a substrate. Magnesium binds to other nucleotide phosphates and to nucleic acids and is required for DNA replication, transcription, and translation. The DNA helix is stabilized by binding... 

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