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cysteine desulfurase activity

Known as: IscS, NIFS, SufS 
Catalysis of the reaction: L-cysteine + [enzyme]-cysteine = L-alanine + [enzyme]-S-sulfanylcysteine. [EC:2.8.1.7]
National Institutes of Health

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L-cysteine desulfurase complexNFS1 gene

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molybdopterin cofactor biosynthetic process

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2018
2018
Iron–sulfur protein maturation in Helicobacter pylori: identifying a Nfu‐type cluster carrier protein and its iron–sulfur protein targets
Helicobacter pylori is anomalous among non nitrogen‐fixing bacteria in containing an incomplete NIF system for Fe–S cluster… 
2015
2015
Deletion of the Proposed Iron Chaperones IscA/SufA Results in Accumulation of a Red Intermediate Cysteine Desulfurase IscS in Escherichia coli*
Background: Iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis requires the coordinated delivery of iron and sulfur. Results: Deletion of IscA/SufA… 
2013
2013
Administrative Co-management: The Case of Special-Use Forest Conservation in Vietnam
Special-use forests (SUFs) are nature protected areas in Vietnam used to conserve nature and its biodiversity. While the… 
2010
2010
An in vivo method for characterization of protein interactions within sulfur trafficking systems of E. coli.
Sulfur trafficking systems are multiprotein systems that synthesize sulfur-containing cofactors such as iron-sulfur clusters. The… 
2009
2009
Iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis: characterization of IscU–IscS complex formation and a structural model for sulfide delivery to the [2Fe–2S] assembly site
Recent work on the bacterial iron–sulfur cluster (isc) family of gene products, and eukaryotic homologs, has advanced the… 
2008
2008
Mendel's bequest advanced the understanding of regulatory systems for controlling sugar supply to developing plant embryos.
Over the past 15 years, a lot of progress has been made in identifying and characterizing genes and proteins involved in the… 
2007
2007
Expression, purification and characterization of a cysteine desulfurase, IscS, from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Iron–sulfur clusters are one of the most common types of redox center in nature. Three proteins of IscS (a cysteine desulfurase… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Quantitative risk assessment for the induction of allergic contact dermatitis: uncertainty factors for mucosal exposures
The quantitative risk assessment (QRA) paradigm has been extended to evaluating the risk of induction of allergic contact… 
2000
2000
Role of a NifS-like protein from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 in the maturation of FeS proteins.
In Azotobacter vinelandii and Escherichia coli NifS or NifS-like proteins are involved in FeS protein assembly by mobilizing… 
1988
1988
Mutants of translational components that alter reading frame by two steps forward or one step back.
External suppressors, sufS, of a -1 frameshift mutant cause ribosomes to shift into the -1 frame when reading the sequence CAG… 
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