Excess homocysteine yields homolanthionine and H2S
2 HCYS → HLAN + H2S + H+
- Reactome
- R-HSA-1614567
- Compartment
- cytosol
- Rhea
- RHEA:68653
Inputs
- 2 HCYSCHEBI:58199, C4H9NO2S, cytosol
Outputs
- HLANCHEBI:178194, C8H16N2O4S, cytosol
- H2SCHEBI:29919, HS, cytosol
- H+CHEBI:15378, H, cytosol
Catalysed by
- carbon-sulfur lyase activity of PXLP-K212-CTH tetramer [cytosol]EC 4.4
Literature
- H2S biogenesis by human cystathionine gamma-lyase leads to the novel sulfur metabolites lanthionine and homolanthionine and is responsive to the grade of hyperhomocysteinemia J Biol Chem, 2009
- Kinetics and inhibition of recombinant human cystathionine gamma-lyase. Toward the rational control of transsulfuration J Biol Chem, 1999