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Arsenate mycothiol transferase

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EC number
  
2.8.4.2

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

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IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

Arsenate-mycothiol transferase (EC 2.8.4.2, ArsC1, ArsC2, mycothiol:arsenate transferase) is an enzyme with systematic name mycothiol:arsenate S-arsenotransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Reduction of arsenate is part of a defence mechanism of the cell against toxic arsenate.

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Arsenate-mycothiol transferase Wikipedia