CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Type I PLP-dependent aspartate aminotransferase-like (Major domain)
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

2.8.1.7
Cysteine desulfurase.
based on mapping to UniProt O29689
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)

O29689
ISCS2_ARCFU
Archaeoglobus fulgidus DSM 4304
Cysteine desulfurase IscS 2

PDB Structure

PDB 4R5F
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
IscS from Archaeoglobus fulgidus has no desulfurase activity but may provide a cysteine ligand for [Fe2S2] cluster assembly.
Pagnier, A., Nicolet, Y., Fontecilla-Camps, J.C.
Biochim.Biophys.Acta