Article: New biological chemistry study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Oxford.

According to recent research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, "SoxB is an essential component of the bacterial Sox sulfur oxidation pathway. SoxB contains a di-manganese(II) site and is proposed to catalyze the release of sulfate from a protein-bound cysteine S-thiosulfonate."

"A direct assay for SoxB activity is described. The structure of recombinant Thermus thermophilus SoxB was determined by x-ray crystallography to a resolution of 1.5 angstrom. Structures were also determined for SoxB in complex with the substrate analogue thiosulfate and in complex with the product sulfate," wrote V. Sauve and colleagues, University of Oxford.

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