Sulfate adenylyltransferase subunit 1; ATP sulfurylase may be the GTPase, regulating ATP sulfurylase activity; In the C-terminal section; belongs to the APS kinase family.

Ferrochelatase Che1; Rv2393, (MTCY253.28c), len: 281 aa. Che1,ferrochelatase (See Pinto et al., 2007). Conserved protein,with some similarity to Q9L2E8|SC7A8.10c putative secreted protein from Streptomyces coelicolor (274 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 407, E(): 2.8e-18, (37% identity in 246 aa overlap); CAC38793|SCI39.05 Conserved hypothetical protein from Streptomyces coelicolor (305 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 394, E(): 2e-17, (35.0% identity in 251 aa overlap); AAK44492|MT0272 Chalcone/stilbene synthase family protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (247 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 350, E(): 9.2e [...]

Rv2847c, (MTCY24A1.10), len: 405 aa. Possible cysG,multifunctional enzyme, siroheme synthase containing uroporphyrin-III c-methyltransferase, precorrin-2 oxidase and ferrochelatase. C-terminus highly similar to many uroporphyrin-III c-methyltransferases e.g. Q51720|COBA uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase from Propionibacterium freudenreichii (257 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 776, E(): 1.5e-39, (48.95% identity in 243 aa overlap); Q9HMY4|UROM|VNG2331G S-adenosyl-L-methionine:uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase from Halobacterium sp. strain NRC-1 (246 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 704, E(): [...]

Cystathionine gamma-synthase MetB (CGS) (O-succinylhomoserine [thiol]-lyase); Catalyzes the formation of L-cystathionine from O-succinyl-L- homoserine (OSHS) and L-cysteine, via a gamma-replacement reaction (By similarity). In the absence of thiol, catalyzes gamma-elimination to form 2-oxobutanoate, succinate and ammonia.

Rv2394, (MTCY253.27c), len: 643 aa. Probable ggtB,gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase precursor, similar to many e.g. Q9KVF2|VC0194 from Vibrio cholerae (588 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 943, E(): 7.5e-47, (40.0% identity in 597 aa overlap); O69935|SC3C8.26 from Streptomyces coelicolor (603 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 822, E(): 7.2e-40, (33.6% identity in 622 aa overlap); P54422|GGT_BACSU from Bacillus subtilis (587 aa) FASTA scores: opt: 491, E(): 8.2e-21, (33.4% identity in 574 aa overlap); etc. Has potential signal peptide and appropriately positioned prokaryotic lipoprotein attachment site (PS00013).

O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase; Catalyzes the conversion of O-acetylserine (OAS) to cysteine through the elimination of acetate and addition of hydrogen sulfide. Belongs to the cysteine synthase/cystathionine beta- synthase family.

Rv1285, (MTCY373.04), len: 332 aa. Probable cysD,sulfate adenylyltransferase subunit 2 (see Wooff et al.,2002), homology suggests start site at aa 24 or 28, similar to e.g. CYSD_ECOLI|P21156 sulfate adenylate transferase subunit 2 from Escherichia coli (302 aa), FASTA score: opt: 973, E():0, (52.5% identity in 303 aa overlap). Also similar to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2392,3'-phosphoadenylylsulfate reductase. Belongs to the PAPS reductase family. CYSD subfamily. Thought to be differentially expressed within host cells (see Triccas et al., 1999).

Probable O-succinylhomoserine sulfhydrylase MetZ (OSH sulfhydrylase); Catalyzes the formation of L-homocysteine from O-succinyl-L- homoserine (OSHS) and hydrogen sulfide.

Probable lyase; Rv3684, (MTV025.032), len: 346 aa. Probable lyase, and more specifically a cysteine synthase, highly similar to many lyases e.g. Q9K3N2|SCG20A.08c putative lyase from Streptomyces coelicolor (374 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 1469,E(): 3.7e-85, (63.35% identity in 341 aa overlap) (shorter 31 aa at N-terminus); Q9KT44|VC1061 cysteine synthase/ cystathionine beta-synthase family protein from Vibrio cholerae (355 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 1366, E(): 1.1e-78,(63.25% identity in 321 aa overlap); Q9I4R3|PA1061 hypothetical protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (365 aa),FASTA scores: op [...]