Reaction: sulfite + 2 ferricytochrome c + H2O = sulfate + 2 ferrocytochrome c + 2 H+
Other name(s): sulfite cytochrome c reductase; sulfite-cytochrome c oxidoreductase; sulfite oxidase (ambiguous); sulfite dehydrogenase (ambiguous); sorAB (gene names)
Systematic name: sulfite:ferricytochrome-c oxidoreductase
Comments: Associated with cytochrome c-551. The enzyme from the bacterium Starkeya novella contains a molybdopyranopterin cofactor and a smaller monoheme cytochrome c subunit. cf. EC 1.8.5.6, sulfite dehydrogenase (quinone).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37256-47-6
References:
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