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Literature summary for 1.8.2.5 extracted from

  • Hatchikian, E.
    Purification and properties of thiosulfate reductase from Desulfovibrio gigas (1975), Arch. Microbiol., 105, 249-256.
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General Stability

General Stability Organism
enzyme loses activtiy upon freezing and thawing Megalodesulfovibrio gigas

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
4-chloromercuribenzoate 0.02 mM, 100% inhibition. Inhibition can be partially or completely reversed by cysteine Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
Ag+ 0.01 mM, 90% inhibition Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
Hg2+ 0.01 mM, 100% inhibition Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
iodoacetate 0.5 mM, 70% inhibition Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
N-ethylmaleimide 0.5 mM, 55% inhibition Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
o-Iodosobenzoate 0.05 mM, 52% inhibition Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
sulfite 3 mM, 45% inhibition Megalodesulfovibrio gigas

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.5
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thiosulfate 37°C, pH 7.6 Megalodesulfovibrio gigas

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
220000
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gel filtration Megalodesulfovibrio gigas

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
thiosulfate + 2 ferrocytochrome c3 Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
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sulfite + hydrogen sulfide + 2 ferricytochrome c3
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?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
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-
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
unstable during purification Megalodesulfovibrio gigas

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
41
-
37°C, pH 7.6 Megalodesulfovibrio gigas

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
additional information enzyme catalyzes the stoichiometric production of hydrogen sulfide and sulfite from thiosulfate. The most efficient coupling is obtained with a system containing cytochromes c3. The enzyme exhibits tetrathionate reductase activity. It does not show sulfite reductase activity Megalodesulfovibrio gigas ?
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?
thiosulfate + 2 ferrocytochrome c3
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Megalodesulfovibrio gigas sulfite + hydrogen sulfide + 2 ferricytochrome c3
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?
thiosulfate + reduced methyl viologen
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Megalodesulfovibrio gigas sulfite + hydrogen sulfide + oxidized methyl viologen
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?

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.4 8
-
Megalodesulfovibrio gigas

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
8.8
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8% of maximum activity Megalodesulfovibrio gigas

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
cytochrome c3
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Megalodesulfovibrio gigas