Cysteine Synthase
"Cysteine Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of cysteine in microorganisms and plants from O-acetyl-L-serine and hydrogen sulfide. This enzyme was formerly listed as EC 4.2.99.8.
| Descriptor ID |
D003547
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.225.224
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| Concept/Terms |
Cysteine Synthase- Cysteine Synthase
- O-Acetylserine Sulfhydrylase
- O Acetylserine Sulfhydrylase
- Sulfhydrylase, O-Acetylserine
- O-Acetylserine (Thiol)-Lyase
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cysteine Synthase" by people in Profiles.
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McMurray MA, Gottschling DE. An age-induced switch to a hyper-recombinational state. Science. 2003 Sep 26; 301(5641):1908-11.
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Cook PF, Tai CH, Hwang CC, Woehl EU, Dunn MF, Schnackerz KD. Substitution of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate in the O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase from Salmonella typhimurium by cofactor analogs provides a test of the mechanism proposed for formation of the alpha-aminoacrylate intermediate. J Biol Chem. 1996 Oct 18; 271(42):25842-9.
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Hwang CC, Woehl EU, Minter DE, Dunn MF, Cook PF. Kinetic isotope effects as a probe of the beta-elimination reaction catalyzed by O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase. Biochemistry. 1996 May 21; 35(20):6358-65.
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Woehl EU, Tai CH, Dunn MF, Cook PF. Formation of the alpha-aminoacrylate immediate limits the overall reaction catalyzed by O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase. Biochemistry. 1996 Apr 16; 35(15):4776-83.