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EC 2.8.1.15 Details
EC number
2.8.1.15
Accepted name
tRNA-5-methyluridine54 2-sulfurtransferase
Reaction
ATP + [TtuB sulfur-carrier protein]-Gly-NH-CH2-C(O)SH + 5-methyluracil54 in tRNA + H2O = AMP + diphosphate + 5-methyl-2-thiouracil54 in tRNA + [TtuB sulfur-carrier protein]-Gly-Gly
Other name(s)
TtuA
Systematic name
[TtuB sulfur-carrier protein]-Gly-NH-CH2-C(O)SH:tRNA (5-methyluridine54-2-O)-sulfurtransferase
Comment
The enzyme, found in thermophilic bacteria and archaea, modifies the ribothymidine (5-methyluridine) residue at position 54 of tRNAs. Contains zinc and an [4Fe-4S] cluster. Some organisms, such as the archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii, do not have a TtuB sulfur-carrier protein, and appear to use sulfide as the sulfur source.
History
created 2017
EC Tree
2.5.1.12 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.13 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.14 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.37 created 1989, deleted 2004
2.5.1.40 created 1992, deleted 1999