UniProt functional annotation for P39040

UniProt code: P39040.

Organism: Crithidia fasciculata.
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Discoba; Euglenozoa; Kinetoplastea; Metakinetoplastina; Trypanosomatida; Trypanosomatidae; Leishmaniinae; Crithidia.
 
Function: Trypanothione is the parasite analog of glutathione; this enzyme is the equivalent of glutathione reductase.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=NADP(+) + trypanothione = H(+) + NADPH + trypanothione disulfide; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:16757, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:57783, ChEBI:CHEBI:58290, ChEBI:CHEBI:58349, ChEBI:CHEBI:58661; EC=1.8.1.12;
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692; Note=Binds 1 FAD per subunit.;
Biophysicochemical properties: pH dependence: Optimum pH is 7.5-8.0.;
Subunit: Homodimer.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Ptm: The N-terminus is blocked.
Miscellaneous: The active site is a redox-active disulfide bond.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-I pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.