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EC 2.8.1.9 Details
EC number
2.8.1.9
Accepted name
molybdenum cofactor sulfurtransferase
Reaction
molybdenum cofactor + L-cysteine + reduced acceptor + 2 H+ = thio-molybdenum cofactor + L-alanine + H2O + oxidized acceptor
Other name(s)
molybdenum cofactor sulfurase, ABA3, HMCS, MoCo sulfurase, MoCo sulfurtransferase
Systematic name
L-cysteine:molybdenum cofactor sulfurtransferase
Comment
Contains pyridoxal phosphate. Replaces the equatorial oxo ligand of the molybdenum by sulfur via an enzyme-bound persulfide. The reaction occurs in prokaryotes and eukaryotes but MoCo sulfurtransferases are only found in eukaryotes. In prokaryotes the reaction is catalysed by two enzymes: cysteine desulfurase (EC 2.8.1.7), which is homologous to the N-terminus of eukaryotic MoCo sulfurtransferases, and a molybdo-enzyme specific chaperone which binds the MoCo and acts as an adapter protein.
History
created 2011, modified 2015
EC Tree
2.5.1.12 created 1972, deleted 1976
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