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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
merB	BacMet ID: BAC0658 Code for: Enzyme Family: MerB family Sequence: FASTA Cross-database information: Link Organism: Staphylococcus aureus Location: plasmid pI258 Compound: Mercury (Hg), Phenylmercury Acetate [class: Organo-mercury] Description: Cleaves the carbon-mercury bond of organomercurials such as phenylmercuric acetate. One product is Hg2+, which is subsequently detoxified by the mercuric reductase. Length (amino acid): 216 Reference: Babich et al. 1991; Pubmed- 1954576, Laddaga et al. 1987; Pubmed- 3037534	Similar resistance genes in 'BacMet Predicted database'

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