| 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.