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Literature summary for 1.16.1.1 extracted from

  • Haque, S.; Zeyaullah, M.; Nabi, G.; Srivastava, P.S.; Ali, A.
    Transgenic tobacco plant expressing environmental E. coli merA gene for enhanced volatilization of ionic mercury (2010), J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 20, 917-924.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
gene merA, recombinant expression in transgenoc Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthium plants using gene transfer by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Transgenic tobacco expressing merA volatilizes significantly more mercury than wild-type plants. Subcloning in Escherichia coli strains DH5alpha and BL21(DE3) Escherichia coli

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
Hg + NADP+ + H+ Escherichia coli MerA catalyzes the bioconversion of toxic Hg2+ to the least toxic elemental Hg0, and is capable of reducing the Hg2+, via NADPH as an electron donor Hg2+ + NADPH
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Escherichia coli Q93UN8 plasmid R100; Escherichia coli containing plasmid R100 encoding gene merA
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
Hg + NADP+ + H+
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 Escherichia coli Hg2+ + NADPH
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Hg + NADP+ + H+ MerA catalyzes the bioconversion of toxic Hg2+ to the least toxic elemental Hg0, and is capable of reducing the Hg2+, via NADPH as an electron donor Escherichia coli Hg2+ + NADPH
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
MerA
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 Escherichia coli
mercuric reductase
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 Escherichia coli

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NADPH
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 Escherichia coli

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
physiological function MerA catalyzes the bioconversion of toxic Hg2+ to the least toxic elemental Hg0 Escherichia coli