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==Crystal Structure of MerB complexed with mercury==
<StructureSection load='3fn8' size='340' side='right'caption='[[3fn8]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.88&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3fn8]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3FN8 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3FN8 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.88&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GOL:GLYCEROL'>GOL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=HG:MERCURY+(II)+ION'>HG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3fn8 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3fn8 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3fn8 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3fn8 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3fn8 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3fn8 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/MERB_ECOLX MERB_ECOLX] Cleaves the carbon-mercury bond of organomercurials such as phenylmercuric acetate. One product is Hg(2+), which is subsequently detoxified by the mercuric reductase (By similarity).
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
[[Image:Consurf_key_small.gif|200px|right]]
Check<jmol>
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    <scriptWhenUnchecked>script /wiki/extensions/Proteopedia/spt/initialview01.spt</scriptWhenUnchecked>
    <text>to colour the structure by Evolutionary Conservation</text>
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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/main_output.php?pdb_ID=3fn8 ConSurf].
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[[Category: Escherichia coli]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Cagle C]]
[[Category: Momany C]]
[[Category: Summers A]]
[[Category: Teske J]]