merB | BacMet ID: BAC0657Code for: Enzyme
Family: MerB familySequence: FASTA
Cross-database information: Link
Organism: Pseudomonas sp. K-62Location: Plasmid pMR26
Compound: Mercury (Hg), Phenylmercury Acetate [class: Organo-mercury], Methylmercury Acetate [class: Organo-mercury]Description: MerB, encodes the enzyme organomercural lyase that breaks the carbon-mercury bond in toxic substrates such as phenymercury acetate; in gram negative it is rare, need for organomercural resistance.
Length (amino acid): 212
Reference: Kiyono et al. 1997; Pubmed- 9168120
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