Biology:Sulfur dioxygenase

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Sulfur dioxygenase
Identifiers
EC number1.13.11.18
CAS number37256-58-9
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Sulfur dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.18, sulfur oxygenase, sulfur:oxygen oxidoreductase) is an enzyme with systematic name S-sulfanylglutathione:oxygen oxidoreductase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

sulfur + O2 + H2O [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] sulfite + 2 H+ (overall reaction)
(1a) glutathione + sulfur [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] S-sulfanylglutathione (spontaneous reaction)
(1b) S-sulfanylglutathione + O2 + H2O [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] glutathione + sulfite + 2 H+

This enzyme contains iron.

In humans, sulfur dioxygenase is needed to detoxify sulfide.[3]

References

  1. "The initial product and properties of the sulfur-oxidizing enzyme of thiobacilli". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology and Biological Oxidation 122 (1): 22–33. July 1966. doi:10.1016/0926-6593(66)90088-9. PMID 5968172. 
  2. "The sulfane sulfur of persulfides is the actual substrate of the sulfur-oxidizing enzymes from Acidithiobacillus and Acidiphilium spp". Microbiology 149 (Pt 7): 1699–710. July 2003. doi:10.1099/mic.0.26212-0. PMID 12855721. 
  3. "Combined treatment with oral metronidazole and N-acetylcysteine is effective in ethylmalonic encephalopathy". Nature Medicine 16 (8): 869–71. August 2010. doi:10.1038/nm.2188. PMID 20657580. 

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