HgcAB Protein Complex (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HgcAB Protein Complex

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A structural model of HgcA, shown in cyan, and HgcB, shown in purple, were created using metagenomic techniques to better understand the transformation of mercury into its toxic form, methylmercury.

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Connor Cooper, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy.

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