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EC 3.13.1.3 Details
EC number
3.13.1.3
Accepted name
2′-hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate desulfinase
Reaction
2′-hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate + H2O = 2-hydroxybiphenyl + sulfite
Other name(s)
gene dszB-encoded hydrolase,
2-(2-hydroxyphenyl) benzenesulfinate:H2O hydrolase,
DszB,
HBPSi desulfinase,
2-(2-hydroxyphenyl) benzenesulfinate sulfohydrolase,
HPBS desulfinase,
2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzenesulfinate hydrolase,
2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzenesulfinate desulfinase,
2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzenesulfinate desulfinase
Systematic name
2′-hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate sulfohydrolase
CAS registry number
198154-06-2
Comment
The enzyme from Rhodococcus sp. strain IGTS8 is encoded by the plasmid-encoded dibenzothiophene-desulfurization (dsz) operon. The enzyme has a narrow substrate specificity with biphenyl-2-sulfinate being the only other substrate known to date [2].
History
created 2000 as EC 3.1.2.24, transferred 2005 to EC 3.13.1.3
EC Tree
3.4.11.8 created 1972, deleted 1981
3.4.11.11 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.11.12 created 1978, deleted 1997