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EC 2.8.1.16 Details
EC number
2.8.1.16
Accepted name
L-aspartate semialdehyde sulfurtransferase
Reaction
hydrogen sulfide + L-aspartate 4-semialdehyde + 2 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 2 H+ = L-homocysteine + H2O + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster
Other name(s)
MA1821 (locus name), MJ0100 (locus name)
Systematic name
hydrogen sulfide:L-aspartate-4-semialdehyde sulfurtransferase
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from the archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans, participates in an L-methionine biosysnthetic pathway found in most of the methanogenic archaea.
History
created 2019
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