merA | BacMet ID: BAC0652Code for: Enzyme
Family: Class-I pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase familySequence: FASTA
Cross-database information: Link
Organism: Pseudomonas stutzeriLocation: Plasmid pPB
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): 561
Reference: Reniero et al. 1995; Pubmed- 8529897, Reniero et al. 1998; Pubmed- 9479042
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