CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Aspartate Aminotransferase, domain 1
Functional Family Cysteine desulfurase NifS

Enzyme Information

2.8.1.7
Cysteine desulfurase.
based on mapping to UniProt P9WQ71
L-cysteine + acceptor = L-alanine + S-sulfanyl-acceptor.
-!- The sulfur from free L-cysteine is first transferred to a cysteine residue in the active site, and then passed on to various other acceptors. -!- The enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters, thio-nucleosides in tRNA, thiamine, biotin, lipoate and pyranopterin (molybdopterin). -!- In Azotobacter vinelandii, this sulfur provides the inorganic sulfide required for nitrogenous metallocluster formation.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P9WQ71
ISCSL_MYCTU
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
IscS-like cysteine desulfurase

PDB Structure

PDB 4ISY
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
The cysteine desulfurase IscS of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is involved in iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis and oxidative stress defence.
Rybniker, J., Pojer, F., Marienhagen, J., Kolly, G.S., Chen, J.M., van Gumpel, E., Hartmann, P., Cole, S.T.
Biochem.J.
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