Hypotaurine dehydrogenase (EC1. 8.1. 3), which contains molybdenum cofactor and heme, and is NAD-dependent, catalyzes the final step of taurine synthesis from cysteine (and the reverse reaction needed for taurine catabolism).
In enzymology, a hypotaurine dehydrogenase (EC 1.8.1.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction. hypotaurine dehydrogenase. Identifiers.
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In large part, this is due to the incorrect assignment, in 1962, of the enzyme as an NAD-dependent hypotaurine dehydrogenase. For more than 55 years, the ...
Oct 15, 1986 · The enzyme was found to utilize stoichiometrically NADH as co-enzyme and pyruvate and taurine as substrates producing tauropine [rhodoic acid; N ...
Aug 30, 2019 · Despite the discovery in 1954 that the oxygenation of hypotaurine produces taurine, the identification of an enzyme catalyzing this reaction has ...
Catalysis of the reaction: H+ + hypotaurine + NADPH + O2 = H2O + NADP+ + taurine. Synonyms: hypotaurine:NAD+ oxidoreductase activity, ...
'Hypotaurine dehydrogenase' published in 'Springer Handbook of Enzymes'