Sulfur reductase

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In enzymology, a sulfur reductase (EC 1.97.1.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction of reduction of elemental sulfur or polysulfide to hydrogen sulfide.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (donor):sulfur oxidoreductase.

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• IUBMB entry for 1.97.1.3
• BRENDA references for 1.97.1.3 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 1.97.1.3
• PubMed Central references for 1.97.1.3
• Google Scholar references for 1.97.1.3
• Zophel A, Kennedy MC, Beinert H and Kroneck PMH (1988). "Investigations on microbial sulfur respiration .1. Activation and reduction of elemental sulfur in several strains of Eubacteria". Arch. Microbiol. 150: 72–77. 

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 101637-43-8.

• IUBMB entry for 1.97.1.3

• KEGG entry for 1.97.1.3

• BRENDA entry for 1.97.1.3

• NiceZyme view of 1.97.1.3

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 1.97.1.3

• PRIAM entry for 1.97.1.3

• PUMA2 entry for 1.97.1.3

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 1.97.1.3

• MetaCyc entry for 1.97.1.3

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class