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Result: Your query found 1 resistance gene(s) from the BacMet Experimentally Confirmed database

Gene_name	Experimentally Verified Resistance Gene Information	Predicted Resistance Gene Information
merA	BacMet ID: BAC0651 Code for: Enzyme Family: Class-I pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase family Sequence: FASTA Cross-database information: Link Organism: Staphylococcus aureus Location: Plasmid pI258 Compound: Mercury (Hg) Description: Mercury reductase enzyme, merA; resistance to Hg2+ in bacteria appears to be governed by a specialized system which includes mercuric reductase. MerA protein is responsible for volatilizing mercury as Hg0. Length (amino acid): 547 Reference: Babich et al. 1991; Pubmed- 1954576, Laddaga et al. 1987; Pubmed- 3037534	Similar resistance genes in 'BacMet Predicted database'

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