Dimethyl-sulfide monooxygenase
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox enzyme Dimethyl-sulfide monooxygenase (Template:EC number, dimethylsulfide monooxygenase) is an enzyme with systematic name dimethyl sulfide,NADH:oxygen oxidoreductase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- dimethyl sulfide + O2 + NADH + H+ methanethiol + formaldehyde + NAD+ + H2O
Dimethyl-sulfide monooxygenase has lower activity with diethyl sulfide and other short-chain alkyl methyl sulfides.[2][3]