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MERCURIPAPAIN was prepared and crystallized for the first time by Kimmel and Smith1. It contains one atom of mercury for two molecules of papain, but the nature of the mercury-protein complex is not exactly known. Papain is a proteolytic enzyme and has a molecular weight of 20,500 (ref. 2).
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Kimmel, J. R., and Smith, E. L., J. Biol. Chem., 207, 515 (1954).
Smith, E. L., and Kimmel, J. R., Proc. Int. Wool Textile Research Conf. Australia, 1955, C-199.
Smith, E. L., Kimmel, J. R., and Brown, D. M., J. Biol. Chem., 207, 533 (1954).
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DRENTH, J., JANSONIUS, J. The Unit Cell of Mercuripapain Crystals. Nature 184, 1718–1719 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841718b0
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