Reaction: hydrogen sulfide + 2 ferricytochrome c = sulfur + 2 ferrocytochrome c + 2 H+
Systematic name: hydrogen-sulfide:flavocytochrome c oxidoreductase
Comments: The enzyme from Allochromatium vinosum contains covalently bound FAD and covalently-bound c-type hemes.
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References:
1. Kusai, K. and Yamanaka, T. The oxidation mechanisms of thiosulphate and sulphide in Chlorobium thiosulphatophilum: roles of cytochrome c-551 and cytochrome c-553. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 325 (1973) 304-314. [PMID: 4357558]
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3. Gray, G.O., Gaul, D.F. and Knaff, D.B. Partial purification and characterization of two soluble c-type cytochromes from Chromatium vinosum. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 222 (1983) 78-86. [PMID: 6301383]
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5. Sorokin, D.Yu, de Jong, G.A., Robertson, L.A. and Kuenen, G.J. Purification and characterization of sulfide dehydrogenase from alkaliphilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. FEBS Lett. 427 (1998) 11-14. [PMID: 9613590]
6. Kostanjevecki, V., Brige, A., Meyer, T.E., Cusanovich, M.A., Guisez, Y. and van Beeumen, J. A membrane-bound flavocytochrome c-sulfide dehydrogenase from the purple phototrophic sulfur bacterium Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata. J. Bacteriol. 182 (2000) 3097-3103. [PMID: 10809687]