Arsenate-mycothiol transferase

Arsenate-mycothiol transferase (EC 2.8.4.2, ArsC1, ArsC2, mycothiol:arsenate transferase) is an enzyme with systematic name mycothiol:arsenate S-arsenotransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

mycothiol + arsenate arseno-mycothiol + H2O
Arsenate-mycothiol transferase
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EC no.2.8.4.2
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Reduction of arsenate is part of a defence mechanism of the cell against toxic arsenate.

References

  1. Ordóñez E, Van Belle K, Roos G, De Galan S, Letek M, Gil JA, Wyns L, Mateos LM, Messens J (May 2009). "Arsenate reductase, mycothiol, and mycoredoxin concert thiol/disulfide exchange". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284 (22): 15107–16. doi:10.1074/jbc.m900877200. PMC 2685692. PMID 19286650.
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