Purification and some properties of thiosulfate dehydrogenase from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

• Authors: JANICZEK Oldřich; ZEMANOVÁ Jana; MANDL Martin
• Year of publication: 2007
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Biochemistry
• Keywords: Thiosulfate dehydrogenase
• Description: The first step of the sulfur compound oxidation is enzymatic oxidation of thiosulfate to tetrathionate. The enzyme, catalyzing this reaction is thiosulfate dehydrogenase, a periplasmic enzyme with pH optimum 3.0. The basic enzyme characteristics were determined.

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