Three enzymatic activities catalyze the oxidation of sulfide to thiosulfate in mammalian and invertebrate mitochondria
- verfasst von
- Tatjana M. Hildebrandt, Manfred K. Grieshaber
- Abstract
Hydrogen sulfide is a potent toxin of aerobic respiration, but also has physiological functions as a signalling molecule and as a substrate for ATP production. A mitochondrial pathway catalyzing sulfide oxidation to thiosulfate in three consecutive reactions has been identified in rat liver as well as in the body-wall tissue of the lugworm, Arenicola marina. A membrane-bound sulfide: quinone oxidoreductase converts sulfide to persulfides and transfers the electrons to the ubiquinone pool. Subsequently, a putative sulfur dioxygenase in the mitochondrial matrix oxidizes one persulfide molecule to sulfite, consuming molecular oxygen. The final reaction is catalyzed by a sulfur transferase, which adds a second persulfide from the sulfide: quinone oxidoreductase to sulfite, resulting in the final product thiosulfate. This role in sulfide oxidation is an additional physiological function of the mitochondrial sulfur transferase, rhodanese.
- Externe Organisation(en)
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Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
- Typ
- Artikel
- Journal
- FEBS Journal
- Band
- 275
- Seiten
- 3352-3361
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 10
- ISSN
- 1742-464X
- Publikationsdatum
- 07.2008
- Publikationsstatus
- Veröffentlicht
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Biochemie, Molekularbiologie, Zellbiologie
- Elektronische Version(en)
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06482.x (Zugang:
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