Sulfhydrogenase

In enzymology, a sulfhydrogenase (EC 1.12.98.4), also known as sulfur reductase, is an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of elemental sulfur or polysulfide to hydrogen sulfide using hydrogen as electron donor.^[1]

Sulfhydrogenase
Identifiers
EC no.	1.12.98.4
CAS no.	101637-43-8
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is H2:polysulfide oxidoreductase.

References

1. Guiral M, Tron P, Aubert C, Gloter A, Iobbi-Nivol C, Giudici-Orticoni MT (Dec 2005). "A membrane-bound multienzyme, hydrogen-oxidizing, and sulfur-reducing complex from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280 (51): 42004–15. doi:10.1074/jbc.M508034200. PMID 16236714.

Further reading

• Zophel A, Kennedy MC, Beinert H, Kroneck PM (1988). "Investigations on microbial sulfur respiration .1. Activation and reduction of elemental sulfur in several strains of Eubacteria". Arch. Microbiol. 150: 72–77. doi:10.1007/bf00409720.