| EC |
4.99.1.2 |
| Accepted name: |
alkylmercury lyase |
| Reaction: |
an alkylmercury + H+ = an alkane + Hg2+ |
| Other name(s): |
organomercury lyase; organomercurial lyase; alkylmercury mercuric-lyase |
| Systematic name: |
alkylmercury mercury(II)-lyase (alkane-forming) |
| Comments: |
Acts on CH3Hg+ and a number of other alkylmercury compounds, in the presence of cysteine or other thiols, liberating mercury as a mercaptide. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 72560-99-7 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Tezuka, T. and Tonomura, K. Purification and properties of an enzyme catalyzing the splitting of carbon-mercury linkages from mercury-resistant Pseudomonas K-62 strain. I. Splitting enzyme 1. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 80 (1976) 79–87. [PMID: 9382] |
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