EC |
1.16.1.1 |
Accepted name: |
mercury(II) reductase |
Reaction: |
Hg + NADP+ + H+ = Hg2+ + NADPH |
Other name(s): |
mercuric reductase; mercurate(II) reductase; mercuric ion reductase; mercury reductase; reduced NADP:mercuric ion oxidoreductase; mer A |
Systematic name: |
Hg:NADP+ oxidoreductase |
Comments: |
A dithiol enzyme. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 67880-93-7 |
References: |
1. |
Fox, B.S. and Walsh, C.T. Mercuric reductase. Purification and characterization of a transposon-encoded flavoprotein containing an oxidation-reduction-active disulfide. J. Biol. Chem. 257 (1982) 2498–2503. [PMID: 6277900] |
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Fox, B.S. and Walsh, C.T. Mercuric reductase - homology to glutathione-reductase and lipoamide dehydrogenase - iodoacetamide alkylation and sequence of the active-site peptide. Biochemistry 22 (1983) 4082–4088. [PMID: 6412751] |
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