Sulfite reductase

Definition:

EC Tree > 1 Oxidoreductases > 1.8 Acting on a sulfur group of donors > 1.8.99 With unknown physiological acceptors > 1.8.99.1 sulfite reductase
Sulfite reductase is an iron protein that reduces sulfite to H2S, requiring six molecules of reduced methyl viologen per molecule of H2S formed; its physiological electron donor is still unknown.

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