3F0O

Crystal structure of MerB, the Organomercurial Lyase involved in a bacterial mercury resistance system

Summary for 3F0O

Entry DOI	10.2210/pdb3f0o/pdb
Related	1s6l 3F0P
Descriptor	Alkylmercury lyase, BROMIDE ION (3 entities in total)
Functional Keywords	merb, organomercurial lyase, alkylmercury lyase, mercury resistance, mercuric resistance, plasmid, lyase
Biological source	Escherichia coli
Total number of polymer chains	2
Total formula weight	46196.44
Authors	Lafrance-Vanasse, J.,Lefebvre, M.,Di Lello, P.,Sygusch, J.,Omichinski, J.G. (deposition date: 2008-10-25, release date: 2008-11-11, Last modification date: 2024-04-03)
Primary citation	Lafrance-Vanasse, J.,Lefebvre, M.,Di Lello, P.,Sygusch, J.,Omichinski, J.G. Crystal Structures of the Organomercurial Lyase MerB in Its Free and Mercury-bound Forms: INSIGHTS INTO THE MECHANISM OF METHYLMERCURY DEGRADATION J.Biol.Chem., 284:938-944, 2009 Cited by PubMed: 19004822 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M807143200 PDB entries with the same primary citation
Experimental method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.76 Å)

Structure validation