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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, 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]
[EC 4.99.1.2 created 1978]
 
 


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