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from encodes a C-S lyase with α,β-elimination activity that degrades -cysteine

The DDBJ accession number for the gene sequence reported in this paper is AB084812.

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Hydrogen sulfide is highly toxic to mammalian cells. It has also been postulated that hydrogen sulfide modifies haemoglobin resulting in haemolysis. The enzyme that produces hydrogen sulfide from L-cysteine was purified from . Using the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme, the gene encoding L-cysteine desulfhydrase was cloned; the recombinant protein was then purified to examine its enzymic and biological characteristics. This L-cysteine desulfhydrase had the Michaelis–Menten kinetics =062 mM and =163 μmol min mg. DL-Cystathionine, L-cystine, -(2-aminoethyl)-L-cysteine, 3-chloro-DL-alanine and -methyl-L-cysteine were substrates for the enzyme, whereas D-cysteine, DL-homocysteine, L-methionine, DL-serine, DL-alanine, L-cysteine methyl ester, L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine and L-phenylalanine were not. These findings suggest that this L-cysteine desulfhydrase is a C-S lyase that catalyses the α,β-elimination (αC-N and βC-S) reaction. In addition, it is demonstrated that the hydrogen sulfide produced by this enzyme caused the modification and release of haemoglobin in sheep erythrocytes.

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Keyword(s): hydrogen sulfide , l-cysteine desulfhydrase and RBC, sheep erythrocyte
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lcd from Streptococcus anginosus encodes a C-S lyase with α,β-elimination activity that degrades l-cysteineThe DDBJ accession number for the Streptococcus anginosus lcd gene sequence reported in this paper is AB084812.
Microbiology 148, 3961 (2002); https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-148-12-3961
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