Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- heterocyclic compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 916.21
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- chemical formula
- C₄₂H₄₄FeN₄O₁₆
- canonical SMILES
- CC1(C(C2=CC3=NC(=CC4=C(C(=C([N-]4)C=C5C(C(C(=N5)C=C1[N-]2)CCC(=O)O)(C)CC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)C(=C3CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O.[Fe+2]
- isomeric SMILES
- C[C@@]1([C@@H](C2=CC3=NC(=CC4=C(C(=C([N-]4)C=C5[C@@]([C@@H](C(=N5)C=C1[N-]2)CCC(=O)O)(C)CC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)C(=C3CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O.[Fe+2]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biosynthesis
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Structure of siroheme
Siroheme (or sirohaem) is a heme-like prosthetic group at the active sites of some enzymes to accomplish the six-electron reduction of sulfur and nitrogen. It is a cofactor at the active site of sulfite reductase, which plays a major role in sulfur assimilation pathway, converting sulfite into sulfide, which can be incorporated into the organic compound homocysteine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “siroheme” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.