IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.14.99.52

Accepted name: L-cysteinyl-L-histidinylsulfoxide synthase

Reaction: L-histidine + L-cysteine + O2 = S-(L-histidin-5-yl)-L-cysteine S-oxide + H2O

For diagram of reaction click here.

Glossary: S-(L-histidin-5-yl)-L-cysteine S-oxide = 5-{[(2R)-2-amino-2-carboxyethyl]sulfinyl}-L-histidine

Other name(s): OvoA

Systematic name: L-histidine,L-cysteine:oxygen [S-(L-histidin-5-yl)-L-cysteine S-oxide-forming]

Comments: Requires Fe2+ for activity. The enzyme participates in ovothiol biosynthesis. It also has some activity as EC 1.13.11.20, cysteine dioxygenase, and can perform the reaction of EC 1.14.99.50, γ-glutamyl hercynylcysteine sulfoxide synthase, albeit with low activity [4].

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References:

1. Braunshausen, A. and Seebeck, F.P. Identification and characterization of the first ovothiol biosynthetic enzyme. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (2011) 1757-1759. [PMID: 21247153]

2. Song, H., Leninger, M., Lee, N. and Liu, P. Regioselectivity of the oxidative C-S bond formation in ergothioneine and ovothiol biosyntheses. Org. Lett. 15 (2013) 4854-4857. [PMID: 24016264]

3. Mashabela, G.T. and Seebeck, F.P. Substrate specificity of an oxygen dependent sulfoxide synthase in ovothiol biosynthesis. Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 49 (2013) 7714-7716. [PMID: 23877651]

4. Song, H., Her, A.S., Raso, F., Zhen, Z., Huo, Y. and Liu, P. Cysteine oxidation reactions catalyzed by a mononuclear non-heme iron enzyme (OvoA) in ovothiol biosynthesis. Org. Lett. 16 (2014) 2122-2125. [PMID: 24684381]

[EC 1.14.99.52 created 2015]


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