Evolution of the thioredoxin system as a step enabling adaptation to oxidative stress

M Balsera, BB Buchanan - Free radical biology and medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Thioredoxins (Trxs) are low-molecular-weight proteins that participate in the reduction of
target enzymes. Trxs contain a redox-active disulfide bond, in the form of a WCGPC amino …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of structurally homologous flavoprotein oxidoreductases containing the low Mr thioredoxin reductase-like fold–A functionally diverse group

M Hammerstad, HP Hersleth - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
Structural studies show that enzymes have a limited number of unique folds, although
structurally related enzymes have evolved to perform a large variety of functions. In this …

Atomic force microscopy to elicit conformational transitions of ferredoxin-dependent flavin thioredoxin reductases

C Marcuello, GA Frempong, M Balsera, M Medina… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flavin and redox-active disulfide domains of ferredoxin-dependent flavin thioredoxin
reductase (FFTR) homodimers should pivot between flavin-oxidizing (FO) and flavin …

Exploring the diversity of the thioredoxin systems in cyanobacteria

MJ Mallén-Ponce, MJ Huertas, FJ Florencio - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria evolved the ability to perform oxygenic photosynthesis using light energy to
reduce CO2 from electrons extracted from water and form nutrients. These organisms also …

Depletion of m-type thioredoxin impairs photosynthesis, carbon fixation, and oxidative stress in cyanobacteria

MJ Mallén-Ponce, MJ Huertas… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Thioredoxins (Trxs) are disulfide oxidoreductases that regulate many biological processes.
The m-type thioredoxin (TrxA) is the only Trx present in all oxygenic photosynthetic …

Biochemical Function, Molecular Structure and Evolution of an Atypical Thioredoxin Reductase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris

O Valette, TTT Tran, C Cavazza, E Caudeville… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Thioredoxin reductase (TR) regulates the intracellular redox environment by reducing
thioredoxin (Trx). In anaerobes, recent findings indicate that the Trx redox network is …

A novel F420-dependent thioredoxin reductase gated by low potential FAD: a tool for redox regulation in an anaerobe

D Susanti, U Loganathan, B Mukhopadhyay - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
A recent report suggested that the thioredoxin-dependent metabolic regulation, which is
widespread in all domains of life, existed in methanogenic archaea about 3.5 billion years …

Thioredoxin targets are regulated in heterocysts of cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 in a light-independent manner

S Mihara, K Sugiura, K Yoshida… - Journal of experimental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, glucose 6-phosphate
dehydrogenase (G6PDH) plays an important role in producing the power for reducing …

Unprecedented pathway of reducing equivalents in a diflavin-linked disulfide oxidoreductase

RM Buey, JB Arellano, L López-Maury… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Flavoproteins participate in a wide variety of physiologically relevant processes that typically
involve redox reactions. Within this protein superfamily, there exists a group that is able to …

Unexpected diversity of ferredoxin-dependent thioredoxin reductases in cyanobacteria

RM Buey, D Fernández-Justel… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Thioredoxin reductases control the redox state of thioredoxins (Trxs)—ubiquitous proteins
that regulate a spectrum of enzymes by dithiol–disulfide exchange reactions. In most …