S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase activity

Term ID

GO:0043768

Synonyms

• LuxS
• ribosylhomocysteinase activity
• S-(5-deoxy-D-ribos-5-yl)-L-homocysteine homocysteine-lyase [(4S)-4,5-dihydroxypentan-2,3-dione-forming]
• S-ribosylhomocysteinase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: S-(5-deoxy-D-ribos-5-yl)-L-homocysteine = (S)-4,5-dihydroxypentane-2,3-dione + L-homocysteine.

References

• EC:4.4.1.21
• KEGG_REACTION:R01291
• MetaCyc:RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE-RXN
• RHEA:17753

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO