title: A PMA degrading constitutive organomercurial lyase in a broad-spectrum mercury resistant Bacillus pasteurii strain DR2.
abstract: A broad-spectrum Hg-resistant strain of B. pasteurii DR2 utilized phenylmercuric acetate (PMA) as sole source of carbon. This bacterial strain contained a constitutive organomercurial lyase which specifically degraded PMA but not other organo-mercurials. This PMA-lyase activity was also stimulated to different extents when this bacterial strain was grown in presence of different organic compounds as sole source of carbon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pahan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gachhui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mandal
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D008190:Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008628:Mercury / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010662:Phenylmercuric Acetate / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008190:Lyases; C050953:alkylmercury lyase; D008628:Mercury; D010662:Phenylmercuric Acetate