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Crystal structure of MerB, the Organomercurial Lyase involved in a bacterial mercury resistance systemCrystal structure of MerB, the Organomercurial Lyase involved in a bacterial mercury resistance system
Structural highlights
FunctionMERB_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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