CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Cytochrome c-like domain
Functional Family L-cysteine S-thiosulfotransferase subunit SoxA

Enzyme Information

2.8.5.2
L-cysteine S-thiosulfotransferase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q939U1
(1) [SoxY protein]-L-cysteine + thiosulfate + 2 ferricytochrome c = [SoxY protein]-S-sulfosulfanyl-L-cysteine + 2 ferrocytochrome c + 2 H(+). (2) [SoxY protein]-S-sulfanyl-L-cysteine + thiosulfate + 2 ferricytochrome c = [SoxY protein]-S-(2-sulfodisulfanyl)-L-cysteine + 2 ferrocytochrome c + 2 H(+).
-!- The enzyme is part of the Sox enzyme system, which participates in a bacterial thiosulfate oxidation pathway that produces sulfate. -!- It catalyzes two reactions in the pathway - early in the pathway it attaches a thiosulfate molecule to the sulfur atom of an L-cysteine of a SoxY protein; later it transfers a second thiosulfate molecule to a sulfane group that is already attached to the same cysteine residue.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q939U1
SOXA_RHOSU
Rhodovulum sulfidophilum
L-cysteine S-thiosulfotransferase subunit SoxA

PDB Structure

PDB 2OZ1
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Rhodobacter
Primary Citation
The crystal structure of recombinant Rhodovulum sulfidophilum SoxAX confirms cysteine persulfide coordination to the catalytic heme
Kihlken, M.A., Berks, B.C., Hemmings, A.M.
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