Chloroplastic NifS-like protein that can catalyze the conversion of cysteine into alanine and elemental sulfur (S(0)) and of selenocysteine into alanine and elemental Se (Se(0)). Overexpression enhances selenium tolerance and accumulation.
Computational Description
chloroplastic NIFS-like cysteine desulfurase (CPNIFS); FUNCTIONS IN: transaminase activity, selenocysteine lyase activity, cysteine desulfurase activity; INVOLVED IN: iron incorporation into metallo-sulfur cluster, response to selenium ion, sulfur metabolic process, selenium metabolic process; LOCATED IN: chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 23 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major domain (InterPro:IPR015424), Aminotransferase, class V/Cysteine desulfurase (InterPro:IPR000192), Cysteine desulfurase, SufS (InterPro:IPR010970), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major region, subdomain 1 (InterPro:IPR015421); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: nitrogen fixation S (NIFS)-like 1 (TAIR:AT5G65720.1); Has 22660 Blast hits to 22653 proteins in 2897 species: Archae - 350; Bacteria - 15408; Metazoa - 379; Fungi - 404; Plants - 268; Viruses - 1; Other Eukaryotes - 5850 (source: NCBI BLink).