| SUBSTRATE | PRODUCT | REACTION DIAGRAM | ORGANISM | UNIPROT ACCESSION NO. | COMMENTARY/ Substrate | LITERATURE/ Substrate | COMMENTARY/ Product | LITERATURE/ Product | Reversibility r=reversible ir=irreversible ?=not specified |
| 3-chloro-L-alanine + hydrogen sulfide | ? |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | - | 655576 | - | - | ir |
| 3-chloro-L-alanine + sulfide | ? |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | heat-labile substrate, 173% of activity compared with O-acetyl-L-serine as substrate | 655576 | - | - | ? |
| L-azaserine + hydrogen sulfide | ? |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | O-phospho-L-serine is a heat-stable substrate | 655576 | - | - | ir |
| L-azaserine + sulfide | ? |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | same activity as with O-acetyl-L-serine as substrate | 655576 | - | - | ? |
| O-acetyl-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + acetate |
 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | - | - | 685195 | - | - | - |
| O-acetyl-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + acetate |
 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | P63873 | - | 687773 | - | - | ? |
| O-acetyl-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + acetate |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | - | 654085, 659728 | - | - | ? |
| O-acetyl-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + acetate |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | enzyme is involved in L-cysteine biosynthesis, pathway overview, O-acetyl-L-serine is a heat-labile substrate | 655576 | - | - | ir |
| O-acetyl-L-serine + sulfide | L-cysteine + acetic acid |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | - | 637385, 654085 | - | - | ? |
| O-acetyl-L-serine + sulfide | L-cysteine + acetic acid |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | heat-labile substrate | 655576 | - | - | ? |
| O-phospho-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + phosphate |
 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | P63873 | - | 687773 | - | - | ? |
| O-phospho-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + phosphate |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | - | 654085, 659728 | - | - | ? |
| O-phospho-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + phosphate |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | enzyme is involved in L-cysteine biosynthesis | 659728 | - | - | ? |
| O-phospho-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + phosphate |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | enzyme is involved in L-cysteine biosynthesis, pathway overview, O-phospho-L-serine is a heat-stable substrate | 655576 | - | - | ir |
| O-phospho-L-serine + sulfide | L-cysteine + phosphate |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | heat-stabile substrate, 219% of activity compared with O-acetyl-L-serine as substrate, best substrate at pH 6.7 and 60°C, formation of an alpha-aminoacrylate intermediate between O-phospho-L-serine and pyridoxal 5’-phosphate | 655576 | - | - | ? |
| O3-phospho-L-serine + hydrogen sulfide | L-cysteine + phosphate |
 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | - | - | 685195 | - | - | ? |
| L-cysteine + dithiothreitol | S-(2,3-hydroxy-4-thiobutyl)-L-cysteine + sulfide |
 | Aeropyrum pernix | - | OASS has a high activity in the L-cysteine desulfurization reaction | 637385 | - | - | ? |
| additional information | ? | - | Aeropyrum pernix | - | biosynthesis of L-cysteine | 637385 | - | - | - |
| additional information | ? | - | Aeropyrum pernix | - | L-cysteine biosynthesis | 654085, 655576 | - | - | - |
| additional information | ? | - | Aeropyrum pernix | - | enzyme with cystathionine beta-synthase and O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase activity in vitro, OASS has also L-serine sulfhydrylation and S-sulfo-L-cysteine synthesis activity | 637385 | - | - | - |
| additional information | ? | - | Aeropyrum pernix | - | not: 3-chloro-D-alanine, 3-cyano-L-alanine, O-benzyl-L-serine, O-tert-butyl-L-serine, O-phospho-D-serine, O-succinyl-L-homoserine, L-homoserine, substrate specificity, no activity with 3-chloro-D-alanine, 3-cyano-L-alanine, O-benzyl-L-serine, O-tert-butyl-L-serine, O-phospho-D-serine, O-succinyl-L-homoserine, and L-homoserine | 655576 | - | - | - |
| additional information | ? | - | Aeropyrum pernix | - | the enzyme also shows low L-cystathionine forming activity | 659728 | - | - | - |
| additional information | ? | - | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | P63873 | enzyme is involved in an O-phosphoserine based cysteine biosynthesis pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is independent of both O-acetylserine and the sulphate reduction pathway | 687773 | - | - | - |
| additional information | ? | - | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | P63873 | O-acetylserine is not a substrate. Enzyme does not catalyze the reaction of EC 2.5.1.47, O-acetylserine sulfhydrolases | 687773 | - | - | - |
| additional information | ? | - | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | - | specificity of CysM for its amino acid substrate is more than 500-fold greater for O-phospho-L-serine than for O-acetyl-L-serine. Specificity of CysM for this physiological sulfide equivalent, sulfur carrier protein CysO-COSH, is more than 3 orders of magnitude greater than that for bisulfide. CysM active site with the bound aminoacrylate intermediate is protected from solvent and that binding of CysO-COSH produces a conformational change allowing rapid sulfur transfer | 685195 | - | - | - |