Vitamin B_{12} deficiency causes pernicious aneamia. Animals cannot synthesize vitamin B_{12} Humans must obtain all their vitamin B_{12} from their diet. The complexing metal ion in vitamin B_{12} is:
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1) Mg^ 2+ (Magnesium ion)
2) Fe^ 2+ (Iron ion)
3) Co^ 3+ (Cobalt ion)
4) Zn^ 2+ (Zinc ion)
3) Co^ 3+ (Cobalt ion)