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Rhodanese
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Rhodanese is a mitochondrial enzyme that detoxifies cyanide (CN−) by converting it to thiocyanate (SCN−, also known as "rhodanate"). In enzymatology, the common name is listed as thiosulfate sulfurtransferase (). The diagram on the right shows the crystallographically-determined structure of rhodanese.

Key facts

Protein family.Symbol
Rhodanese
Protein family.Name
Rhodanese-like domain
Protein family.image
Rhodanase.png
Protein family.Pfam
PF00581
Protein family.InterPro
IPR001763
Protein family.Prosite
PDOC00322
Protein family.SCOP
2ora
Protein family.OPM family
413
Protein family.OPM protein
2mpn
Protein family.CDD
cd00158
Protein family.Membranome superfamily
571
Enzyme.Name
thiosulfate sulfurtransferase
Enzyme.EC_number
2.8.1.1
Enzyme.CAS_number
9026-04-4
Enzyme.GO_code
0004792

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Contents
  • Structure and mechanism
  • Clinical relevance
  • Human proteins
  • Nomenclature
  • References
  • External links

Rhodanese is a mitochondrial enzyme that detoxifies cyanide (CN−) by converting it to thiocyanate (SCN−, also known as "rhodanate"). In enzymatology, the common name is listed as thiosulfate sulfurtransferase (). The diagram on the right shows the crystallographically-determined structure of rhodanese.

It catalyzes the following reaction: thiosulfate + cyanide \rightleftharpoons sulfite + thiocyanate

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