EC 4.4.1.8 - Cystathionine β-lyase

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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 4.4.1.8

Names

Accepted name:
cystathionine β-lyase
Other names:
β-cystathionase
cystine lyase
cysteine lyase
β C-S lyase
Systematic name:
L-cystathionine L-homocysteine-lyase (deaminating; pyruvate-forming)

Reaction

Links to other databases

Enzymes and pathways: NC-IUBMB , BRENDA , ExplorEnz , ENZYME@ExPASy , KEGG , MetaCyc , UniPathway
Structural data: CSA , EC2PDB
Gene Ontology: GO:0004121

References

  1. Anderson, N.W. and Thompson, J.F.
    Cystine lyase: β-cystathionase from turnip roots.
    Phytochemistry 18 : 1953-1958 (1979).
  2. Flavin, M. and Slaughter, C.
    Cystathionine cleavage enzymes of Neurospora.
    J. Biol. Chem. 239 : 2212-2219 (1964). [PMID: 14209950]

[EC 4.4.1.8 created 1972]