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DP00575: Alkylmercury lyaseFASTA viewXML view

General information
DisProt:DP00575
Name:Alkylmercury lyase
Synonym(s):MERB_ECOLX
Organomercurial lyase
First appeared in release:Release 4.5 (07/17/2008)
UniProt:P77072
UniGene: 
SwissProt: MERB_ECOLX
TrEMBL:  
NCBI (GI): 37080207
Source organism:Escherichia coli
Sequence length:212
Percent disordered:24%
Homologues: 


Native sequence

        10         20         30         40         50         60
         |          |          |          |          |          |
MKLAPYILEL LTSVNRTNGT ADLLVPLLRE LAKGRPVSRT TLAGILDWPA ERVAAVLEQA - 60
TSTEYDKDGN IIGYGLTLRE TSYVFEIDDR RLYAWCALDT LIFPALIGRT ARVSSHCAAT - 120
GAPVSLTVSP SEIQAVEPAG MAVSLVLPQE AADVRQSFCC HVHFFASVPT AEDWASKHQG - 180
LEGLAIVSVH EAFGLGQEFN RHLLQTMSSR TP



Functional narrative    

Cleaves the carbon-mercury bond of organomercurials such as phenylmercuric acetate. One product is Hg2+, which is subsequently detoxified by the mercuric reductase.

Region 1: 1-20 Region 3: 146-161 Region 4: 178-184 Region 2: 205-212

Map of ordered and disordered regions







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Region 1
Type:Disordered
Name: 
Location:1 - 20
Length:20
Region sequence:

MKLAPYILELLTSVNRTNGT

Modification type: Native
PDB: 1S6L:A
Structural/functional type: Function arises via a disorder to order transition
Functional classes: Unknown
Functional subclasses: Unknown
Detection methods:
 
References:
There are no documents referencing this region.
Comments:
 



Region 2
Type:Disordered
Name: 
Location:205 - 212
Length:8
Region sequence:

QTMSSRTP

Modification type: Native
PDB: 1S6L:A
Structural/functional type: Function arises via a disorder to order transition
Functional classes: Unknown
Functional subclasses: Unknown
Detection methods:
 
References:
There are no documents referencing this region.
Comments:
 



Region 3
Type:Disordered
Name: 
Location:146 - 161
Length:16
Region sequence:

VLPQEAADVRQSFCCH

Modification type: Native
PDB: 1S6L:A
Structural/functional type: Function arises via a disorder to order transition
Functional classes: Unknown
Functional subclasses: Flexible linkers/spacers
Detection methods:
 
References:
There are no documents referencing this region.
Comments:
 



Region 4
Type:Disordered
Name: 
Location:178 - 184
Length:7
Region sequence:

HQGLEGL

Modification type: Native
PDB: 1S6L:A
Structural/functional type: Function arises via a disorder to order transition
Functional classes: Unknown
Functional subclasses: Flexible linkers/spacers
Detection methods:
 
References:
There are no documents referencing this region.
Comments:
 



References

  1. Di Lello P, Benison GC, Valafar H, Pitts KE, Summers AO, Legault P, Omichinski JG. "NMR structural studies reveal a novel protein fold for MerB, the organomercurial lyase involved in the bacterial mercury resistance system." Biochemistry. 2004; 43(26): 8322-32. PubMed: 15222745


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