| cysteine S-conjugate N-acetyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses n-acetylation of l-cysteine thioesters to form mercapturic acids; important in drug detoxication Registry number: EC 2.3.1.80 Synonym: cscn acetyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| cysteine string protein | <protein> (CSPs) Peripheral membrane proteins that contain more than 10 palmitoylated cysteines and a DNA J homology domain. Nature 375:647 (18 Nov 1997) |
| cysteine sulfinate desulfinase | <enzyme> Catalyses removal of elemental sulfur and selenium atoms from cysteine, cystine, selenocysteine and selenocystine to produce l-alanine. Registry number: EC 4.4.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| cysteine sulfinic acid | -O2S-CH2CH (NH3)+COO-;a natural oxidation product of cysteine; an intermediate in the formation of taurine (via cysteic acid). (05 Mar 2000) |
| cysteine synthase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the biosynthesis of cysteine in microorganisms and plants from o-acetyl-l-serine and hydrogen sulfide. Chemical name: O(3)-Acetyl-L-serine acetate-lyase (adding hydrogen sulfide) Registry number: EC 4.2.99.8 (12 Dec 1998) |
| Onchocerca volvulus L3 cysteine protease | <enzyme> Required for molting of o. Volvulus third stage larvae; genbank u71150 Registry number: EC 3.4.22.- Synonym: cysteine protease l3, o volvulus, lovcp (26 Jun 1999) |
| L-cysteine-cystine C-S lyase | <enzyme> C-des - cysteine desulfhydrase; a pyridoxal phosphate- containing enzyme from synechocystis involved information of fe-s cluster of ferredoxin; catalyses the breakdown of l-cysteine to yield sulfide, pyruvate and ammonia; increased activity with cystine, yielding cysteine persulfide as the primary product; mw about 43 kD Registry number: EC 4.4.1.- Synonym: c-des lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
| aspartic acid 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase | <enzyme> Hydroxylates one aspartic acid residue in the first egf-like unit of factor ix Registry number: EC 1.14.11.- Synonym: aspartate 2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase, asp-2-og-dioxygenase, aspartyl beta-hydroxylase, aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| benzene 1,2-dioxygenase | <enzyme> Converts benzene into cis-benzene glycol; consists of a flavoprotein reductase, reductase(bed), and a ferredoxin, ferredoxin(bed), which transfers electrons from NADH to an iron-sulfur protein, isp(bed), which acts as a dioxygenase Registry number: EC 1.14.12.3 Synonym: benzene hydroxylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| benzoate 1,2-dioxygenase | <enzyme> Benzoate to catechol; prior to 1992 was EC 1.13.99.2 Registry number: EC 1.14.12.10 Synonym: benzoate hydroxylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase | <enzyme> An enzyme catalyzing the reaction of beta-carotene plus O2 producing two retinals. Synonym: beta-carotene cleavage enzyme, carotenase, carotinase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biphenyl-2,3-dioxygenase | <enzyme> Converts polychlorinated biphenyls and biphenyls to biphenyl-2,3-dihydrodiol; a multicomponent enzyme containing a two-subunit iron-sulfur protein (bpha1 and a2), a ferredoxin (bpha3), and a reductase (bpha4); amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- Synonym: bpha gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| carbazole 1,9a-dioxygenase | <enzyme> Catalyses oxygenation of angular position next to nitrogen of carbazole ring system Registry number: EC 1.13.11.- Synonym: cara gene product, cardo enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| PahA dioxygenase | <enzyme> Converts polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pah) to the corresponding cis-dihydrodiol in the pah degradation pathway of pseudomonas putida; genbank d16629 Registry number: EC 1.13.11.- Synonym: paha gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| catechol 1,2-dioxygenase | <enzyme> Little activity towards chlorinated substrates Registry number: EC 1.13.11.1 Synonym: pyrocatechase, catechol-1,2-oxygenase, pyrocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase (26 Jun 1999) |