The enzyme from Rhodococcus sp. strain IGTS8 is encoded by the plasmid-encoded dibenzothiophene-desulfurization (dsz) operon. The enzyme has a narrow substrate specificity with biphenyl-2-sulfinate being the only other substrate known to date [2].
History
EC 3.13.1.3 created 2000 as EC 3.1.2.24, transferred 2005 to EC 3.13.1.3
Nakayama N, Matsubara T, Ohshiro T, Moroto Y, Kawata Y, Koizumi K, Hirakawa Y, Suzuki M, Maruhashi K, Izumi Y, Kurane R.
Title
A novel enzyme, 2'-hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate desulfinase (DszB), from a dibenzothiophene-desulfurizing bacterium Rhodococcus erythropolis KA2-5-1: gene overexpression and enzyme characterization.