Functional dissection of a mercuric ion transporter, MerC, from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.

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Topological analysis with a phoA gene fusion suggested that Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans MerC, a mercury transporter, has two periplasmic loops and four transmembrane domains. Cys-23 and Cys-26 of the protein were involved in Hg(2+)-recognition/uptake, but Cys-132 and Cys-137 were not. Escherichia coli cells producing the MerC were hypersensitive to CdCl(2). In this case, mutation of His72 rendered the host...

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