Crystal structure of the mercury-bound form of MerB mutant D99SCrystal structure of the mercury-bound form of MerB mutant D99S

Structural highlights

5dsf is a 2 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:,
Activity:Alkylmercury lyase, with EC number 4.99.1.2
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum

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).

5dsf, resolution 1.95Å

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