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Literature summary for 1.16.1.1 extracted from

  • Olson, G.J.; Porter, F.D.; Rubinstein, J.; Silver, S.
    Mercuric reductase enzyme from a mercury-volatilizing strain of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans (1982), J. Bacteriol., 151, 1230-1236.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
2-mercaptoethanol thiol compound required, optimal concentration is 0.5 mM Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
cysteine thiol compound required Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
dithiothreitol thiol compound required Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
EDTA required for maximal activity Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
thioglycolate thiol compound required Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

General Stability

General Stability Organism
stable to repeated freeze-thaw cycles Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.015
-
 Hg2+
-
 Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
soluble
-
 Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
-
-

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
-
-
-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
Hg2+ + NADPH
-
 Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Hg + NADP+ + H+
-
 ?

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
80
-
 stable at Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
NADPH
-
 Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans