Cysteine desulfurase
BE0001511ProteinEscherichia coli (strain K12)sufS
Cysteine desulfurases mobilize the sulfur from L-cysteine to yield L-alanine, an essential step in sulfur metabolism for biosynthesis of a variety of sulfur-containing biomolecules. It is acted on by 5 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- sufS
- UniProtKB entry
- P77444Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 406 residues · 44,433 Da
- Also known as
- 2.8.1.7 · CSD · csdB · Cysteine sulfinate desulfinase · SCL
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Cysteine desulfurase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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