Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are L-cysteine and 'activated' tRNA, whereas its two products are L-serine and tRNA containing a thionucleotide.

This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically the sulfurtransferases, which transfer sulfur-containing groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is L-cysteine:tRNA sulfurtransferase. Other names in common use include transfer ribonucleate sulfurtransferase, RNA sulfurtransferase, ribonucleate sulfurtransferase, transfer RNA sulfurtransferase, and transfer RNA thiolase.

References

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Hayward RS, Weiss SB (1966). "RNA thiolase: the enzymatic transfer of sulfur from cysteine to sRNA in Escherichia coli extracts". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 55 (5): 1161–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.55.5.1161. PMC 224294. PMID 5334200.
Lipsett MN, Peterkofsky A (1966). "Enzymatic thiolation of E. coli sRNA". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 55 (5): 1169–74. doi:10.1073/pnas.55.5.1169. PMC 224295. PMID 5334201.
Wong TW, Weiss SB, Eliceiri GL, Bryant J (1970). "Ribonucleic acid sulfurtransferase from Bacillus subtilis W168 Sulfuration with beta-mercaptopyruvate and properties of the enzyme system". Biochemistry. 9 (11): 2376–86. doi:10.1021/bi00813a024. PMID 4987417.

v t e Transferases: sulfur-containing group (EC 2.8)
2.8.1: Sulfurtransferases	Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase Rhodanese 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase thiosulfate—thiol sulfurtransferase tRNA sulfurtransferase thiosulfate—dithiol sulfurtransferase biotin synthase cysteine desulfurase
2.8.2: Sulfotransferases	Alcohol sulfotransferase Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase Aryl sulfotransferase
2.8.3: CoA-transferases	Propionate CoA-transferase
2.8.4: Alkylthio	Coenzyme-B sulfoethylthiotransferase

v t e Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Diffusion-limited enzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list) EC7 Translocases (list)