CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.30.450.410
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

4.99.1.2
Alkylmercury lyase.
based on mapping to UniProt P77072
An alkylmercury + H(+) = an alkane + Hg(2+).
-!- Acts on CH(3)Hg(+) and a number of other alkylmercury compounds, in the presence of cysteine or other thiols, liberating mercury as a mercaptide.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P77072
MERB_ECOLX
Escherichia coli
Alkylmercury lyase

PDB Structure

PDB 5C0U
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Structural and Biochemical Characterization of a Copper-Binding Mutant of the Organomercurial Lyase MerB: Insight into the Key Role of the Active Site Aspartic Acid in Hg-Carbon Bond Cleavage and Metal Binding Specificity.
Wahba, H.M., Lecoq, L., Stevenson, M., Mansour, A., Cappadocia, L., Lafrance-Vanasse, J., Wilkinson, K.J., Sygusch, J., Wilcox, D.E., Omichinski, J.G.
Biochemistry