Product - taurine dioxygenase, a non-heme ferrous oxygenase

Product - taurine dioxygenase, a non-heme ferrous oxygenase

Product taurine dioxygenase, a non-heme ferrous oxygenase

Product Names:

taurine dioxygenase, a non-heme ferrous oxygenase

EC#:

Encoded By: tauD

Comment:
releases sulfite from taurine, allowing taurine to be used as S source. TauD is a non-heme Fe(II) oxygenase.

References:

Eichhorn, E., J.R. van der Ploeg, M.A. Kertesz, T. Leisinger 1997. Characterization of alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent taurine dioxygenase from Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 272:23031-23036
Elkins, J.M., M.J. Ryle, I.J. Clifton, J.C. Dunning Hotopp, J.S. Lloyd, N.I. Burzlaff, J.E. Baldwin, R.P. Hausinger, P.L. Roach 2002. X-ray crystal structure of Escherichia coli taurine/alpha-ketoglutarate dioxygenase complexed to ferrous iron and subs