Dimethylsulfone reductase explained

Dimethylsulfone reductase
Ec Number:	1.8.1.17

Dimethylsulfone reductase is an enzyme.^{[1] [2]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

dimethyl sulfoxide + H₂O + NAD⁺

\rightleftharpoons dimethyl sulfone + NADH + H⁺

Dimethylsulfone reductase is a molybdoprotein.

Notes and References

1. Borodina E, Kelly DP, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL, Wood AP . Ann P. Wood. Dimethylsulfone as a growth substrate for novel methylotrophic species of Hyphomicrobium and Arthrobacter . Archives of Microbiology . 173 . 5–6 . 425–37 . 2000 . 10896224 . 10.1007/s002030000165 . 23958029.
2. Borodina E, Kelly DP, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL, Wood AP . Ann P. Wood. Enzymes of dimethylsulfone metabolism and the phylogenetic characterization of the facultative methylotrophs Arthrobacter sulfonivorans sp. nov., Arthrobacter methylotrophus sp. nov., and Hyphomicrobium sulfonivorans sp. nov . Archives of Microbiology . 177 . 2 . 173–83 . February 2002 . 11807567 . 10.1007/s00203-001-0373-3 . 37279524.