3FN8 | pdb_00003fn8

Crystal Structure of MerB complexed with mercury

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb3FN8/pdb

• Classification: LYASE
• Organism(s): Escherichia coli
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2008-12-23 Released: 2009-03-03 
• Deposition Author(s): Momany, C., Summers, A., Cagle, C., Teske, J.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.88 Å
• R-Value Free: 
  0.248 (Depositor), 0.250 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work: 
  0.184 (Depositor), 0.190 (DCC) 
• R-Value Observed: 
  0.187 (Depositor) 

Literature

Crystal Structure of MerB complexed with mercury

Momany, C., Summers, A., Cagle, C., Teske, J.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly 2  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 2 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 48.84 kDa 
• Atom Count: 3,510 
• Modeled Residue Count: 418 
• Deposited Residue Count: 440 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Alkylmercury lyase	A, B	220	Escherichia coli	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: merB EC: 4.99.1.2
UniProt
Find proteins for P77072 (Escherichia coli) Explore P77072  Go to UniProtKB:  P77072

Small Molecules

Ligands 2 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
HG	C [auth A], E [auth B]	MERCURY (II) ION Hg BQPIGGFYSBELGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
GOL	D [auth A], F [auth B]	GLYCEROL C3 H8 O3 PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.88 Å
• R-Value Free:  0.248 (Depositor), 0.250 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work:  0.184 (Depositor), 0.190 (DCC) 
• R-Value Observed: 0.187 (Depositor) 

Space Group: P 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 38.638	α = 90
b = 88.972	β = 97.16
c = 54.68	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
DENZO	data reduction
SCALEPACK	data scaling
SOLVE	phasing
RESOLVE	phasing
REFMAC	refinement
PDB_EXTRACT	data extraction
HKL-2000	data collection

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2009-03-03 
Deposition Author(s): Momany, C., Summers, A., Cagle, C., Teske, J.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2009-03-03
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
  Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2017-11-01
  Changes: Refinement description
• Version 1.3: 2024-02-21
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations