IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.8.7.1

Accepted name: sulfite reductase (ferredoxin)

Reaction: hydrogen sulfide + 6 oxidized ferredoxin + 3 H2O = sulfite + 6 reduced ferredoxin + 6 H+

Other name(s): ferredoxin-sulfite reductase

Systematic name: hydrogen-sulfide:ferredoxin oxidoreductase

Comments: An iron protein.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, CAS registry number: 37256-50-1

References:

1. Schmidt, A. and Trebst, A. The mechanism of photosynthetic sulfate reduction by isolated chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 180 (1969) 529-535. [PMID: 4390248]

[EC 1.8.7.1 created 1972]


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