Sulfhydrogenase Explained

In enzymology, a sulfhydrogenase, also known as sulfur reductase, is an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of elemental sulfur or polysulfide to hydrogen sulfide using hydrogen as electron donor.^[1]

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is H2:polysulfide oxidoreductase.

Further reading

• Zophel A, Kennedy MC, Beinert H, Kroneck PM . 1988 . Investigations on microbial sulfur respiration .1. Activation and reduction of elemental sulfur in several strains of Eubacteria . Arch. Microbiol. . 150 . 72–77 . 10.1007/bf00409720.

Notes and References

1. Guiral M, Tron P, Aubert C, Gloter A, Iobbi-Nivol C, Giudici-Orticoni MT . A membrane-bound multienzyme, hydrogen-oxidizing, and sulfur-reducing complex from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 280 . 51 . 42004–15 . Dec 2005 . 16236714 . 10.1074/jbc.M508034200 . free .