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SUBMITTER: Liu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3957605 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Honglei H Xin Yufeng Y Xun Luying L
Applied and environmental microbiology 20140103 5
Sulfur oxidation by chemolithotrophic bacteria is well known; however, sulfur oxidation by heterotrophic bacteria is often ignored. Sulfur dioxygenases (SDOs) (EC 1.13.11.18) were originally found in the cell extracts of some chemolithotrophic bacteria as glutathione (GSH)-dependent sulfur dioxygenases. GSH spontaneously reacts with elemental sulfur to generate glutathione persulfide (GSSH), and SDOs oxidize GSSH to sulfite and GSH. However, SDOs have not been characterized for bacteria, includi ...[more]