Enantioselective Reduction of the Sulfoxide to Sulfide in Methyl Phenyl Sulfoxide by Dimethyl Sulfoxide Reductase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. s. denitrificans

Abstract

DMSO reductase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. s. denitrificans was capable of reducing predominantly the (S)-sulfoxide in racemic methyl phenyl sulfoxide to its sultide. Stereoselective reduction of the sulfoxide by this enzyme is discussed.