1s6l

Solution structure of MerB, the Organomercurial Lyase involved in the bacterial mercury resistance systemSolution structure of MerB, the Organomercurial Lyase involved in the bacterial mercury resistance system

Structural highlights

1s6l is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	Solution NMR
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

MERB_ECOLX Cleaves the carbon-mercury bond of organomercurials such as phenylmercuric acetate. One product is Hg(2+), which is subsequently detoxified by the mercuric reductase (By similarity).

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

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