mercury (II) reductase (NADP+) activity

Term ID

GO:0016152

Synonyms

• Hg:NADP+ oxidoreductase activity
• mer A
• mercurate(II) reductase activity
• mercuric ion reductase activity
• mercuric reductase activity
• mercury reductase activity
• mercury(II) reductase activity
• reduced NADP:mercuric ion oxidoreductase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: H+ + Hg + NADP+ = Hg2+ + NADPH.

References

• EC:1.16.1.1
• KEGG_REACTION:R02807
• MetaCyc:MERCURY-II-REDUCTASE-RXN
• RHEA:23856
• UM-BBD_reactionID:r0406

Ontology

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