Kacper Wygonik, David Aebisher and Dorota Bartusik-Aebisher
Medical College of the University of Rzeszów, Poland

Part of the book: The Biochemical Guide to Enzymes

Abstract

Dimethyl sulfoxide reductases (DMSO) are a family of very old evolutionarily mononuclear molybdoenzymes. They can only be detected in prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea domains).

Keywords: Dimethyl sulfoxide reductases, metabolism, enzyme, biochemistry

References

Barnum TP, Coates JD. An uncharacterized clade in the DMSO reductase family of
molybdenum oxidoreductases is a new type of chlorate reductase. Environ Microbiol
Rep. 2020;12(5):534-539.
Dong G, Ryde U. Effect of the protein ligand in DMSO reductase studied by computational
methods. J Inorg Biochem. 2017;171:45-51.
Mintmier B, McGarry JM, Bain DJ, Basu P. Kinetic consequences of the endogenous ligand
to molybdenum in the DMSO reductase family: a case study with periplasmic nitrate
reductase. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2021;26(1):13-28.
Miralles-Robledillo JM, Torregrosa-Crespo J, Martínez-Espinosa RM, Pire C. DMSO
Reductase Family: Phylogenetics and Applications of Extremophiles. Int J Mol Sci.
2019;20(13):3349.
Wells M, Kanmanii NJ, Al Zadjali AM, Janecka JE, Basu P, Oremland RS, Stolz JF.
Methane, arsenic, selenium and the origins of the DMSO reductase family. Sci Rep.
2020;10(1):10946.