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Site sufS

• Name: sufS
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b1680	MG1655 locus tag
  csdB	Mihara et al.
  f406	Blattner sequence
  yhnB	Rudd EcoGene

  
  
• Mnemonic: NULL
• Left End Point: 37.88
• Right End Point: 37.91
  Products:

  selenocysteine lyase

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  sufS755(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG13962
  EcoliWiki	sufS

  
  
• Comment:
  • NifS-like protein. selenocysteine to alanine plus Se. Also releases S from cysteine and SO2 from cysteine sulfinic acid, but with lower reactivity.
• References:
  • Mihara, H., M. Maeda, T. Fujii, T. Kurihara, Y. Hata, N. Esaki 1999. A nifS-like gene, csdB, encodes an Escherichia coli counterpart of mammalian selenocysteine lyase. J.Biol.Chem. 274:14768-14772
  
  
  • Patzer, S., K. Hantke 1999. SufS is a NifS-like protein, and SufD is necessary for stability of the [2FE-2S] FhuF protein in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 181:3307-3309