Biology:Dissimilatory sulfite reductase

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Short description: Class of enzymes
dissimilatory sulfite reductase
Identifiers
EC number1.8.99.5
Databases
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MetaCycmetabolic pathway
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Gene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO

Dissimilatory sulfite reductase (EC 1.8.99.5) is an enzyme that participates in sulfur metabolism in dissimilatory sulfate reduction.[1]

The enzyme is essential in prokaryotic sulfur-based energy metabolism, including sulfate/sulfite reducing organisms, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, and organosulfonate reducers. In sulfur reducers it catalyses the reduction of sulfite to sulfide (reaction 1), while in sulfur oxidizers it catalyses the opposite reaction (reaction 2).[2] The reaction involves the small protein DsrC, which is present in all the organisms that contain dissimilatory sulfite reductase.[3] During the process an intramolecular trisulfide is formed between two L-cysteine residues of DsrC and the sulfur atom from sulfite.[4] This trisulfide can be reduced by a number of proteins including DsrK and TcmB.[5]

Reaction in organisms performing dissimilatory sulfate reduction:

(1) sulfite + a [DsrC protein]-dithiol + 2 reduced acceptor + 2 H+ = hydrogen sulfide + a [DsrC protein]-disulfide + 2 acceptor + 3 H2O (overall reaction)
(1a) sulfite + a [DsrC protein]-dithiol + 2 reduced acceptor + 2 H+ = a [DsrC protein]-S-sulfanyl-L-cysteine + 2 acceptor + 3 H2O
(1b) a [DsrC protein]-S-sulfanyl-L-cysteine = hydrogen sulfide + a [DsrC protein]-disulfide

Reaction in organisms performing sulfur oxidation:

(2) a [DsrC protein]-S-sulfanyl-L-cysteine + 3 acceptor + 3 H2O = sulfite + a [DsrC protein]-disulfide + 3 reduced acceptor + 2 H+ (overall reaction)
(2a) a [DsrC protein]-S-sulfanyl-L-cysteine + 3 acceptor + 3 H2O = a [DsrC]-S-sulfo-L-cysteine + 3 reduced acceptor + H+
(2b) a [DsrC]-S-sulfo-L-cysteine = sulfite + a [DsrC protein]-disulfide

The systematic name of this enzyme class is hydrogen-sulfide:[DsrC sulfur-carrier protein],acceptor oxidoreductase.

This enzyme is different from EC 1.8.1.2, assimilatory sulfite reductase (NADPH), and EC 1.8.7.1, assimilatory sulfite reductase (ferredoxin), which are involved in sulfate assimilation.

References

  1. "Reaction cycle of the dissimilatory sulfite reductase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus". Biochemistry 49 (41): 8912–21. October 2010. doi:10.1021/bi100781f. PMID 20822098. 
  2. "Siroheme sulfite reductase isolated from Chromatium vinosum. Purification and investigation of some of its molecular and catalytic properties". Archives of Microbiology 121 (1): 29–36. 1979. doi:10.1007/BF00409202. 
  3. "The crystal structure of Desulfovibrio vulgaris dissimilatory sulfite reductase bound to DsrC provides novel insights into the mechanism of sulfate respiration". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (49): 34141–9. December 2008. doi:10.1074/jbc.M805643200. PMID 18829451. 
  4. "A protein trisulfide couples dissimilatory sulfate reduction to energy conservation". Science 350 (6267): 1541–5. December 2015. doi:10.1126/science.aad3558. PMID 26680199. Bibcode2015Sci...350.1541S. 
  5. "The "bacterial heterodisulfide" DsrC is a key protein in dissimilatory sulfur metabolism". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 1837 (7): 1148–64. July 2014. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.03.007. PMID 24662917.