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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Lyases > Carbon-Sulfur Lyases > Cystathionine gamma-Lyase

Preferred term

Cystathionine gamma-Lyase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cystathionase
  • Cysteine Desulfhydrase
  • Cystine Desulfhydrase
  • Cystine Desulfohydrolase
  • Deaminase, Homoserine
  • Dehydratase, Homoserine
  • Desulfhydrase, Cysteine
  • Desulfhydrase, Cystine
  • Desulfohydrolase, Cystine
  • gamma Cystathionase
  • gamma-Cystathionase
  • Homoserine Deaminase
  • Homoserine Dehydratase

Note

  • /defic: consider also CYSTATHIONINE /urine (IM) + AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS (IM)

Scope note

  • A multifunctional pyridoxal phosphate enzyme. In the final step in the biosynthesis of cysteine it catalyzes the cleavage of cystathionine to yield cysteine, ammonia, and 2-ketobutyrate. EC 4.4.1.1.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under LYASES 1975-90

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003542

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