UniProt functional annotation for Q389T8

UniProt code: Q389T8.

Organism: Trypanosoma brucei brucei (strain 927/4 GUTat10.1).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Discoba; Euglenozoa; Kinetoplastea; Metakinetoplastina; Trypanosomatida; Trypanosomatidae; Trypanosoma.
 
Function: Trypanothione is the parasite analog of glutathione; this enzyme is the equivalent of glutathione reductase. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00003667}.
 
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; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001054};
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001974};
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692; Evidence={ECO:0000256|PIRSR:PIRSR000350-3}; Note=Binds 1 FAD per subunit. {ECO:0000256|PIRSR:PIRSR000350-3};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00011738}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-I pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00007532, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU003691}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.