| 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.