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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The three-dimensional structure of thioredoxin from Trypanosoma brucei brucei has been determined at 1.4 A resolution. The overall structure is more similar to that of human thioredoxin than to any other thioredoxin structure. The most striking difference to other thioredoxins is the absence of a buried carboxylate behind the active site cysteines. Instead of the common Asp, there is a Trp that binds an ordered water molecule probably involved in the protonation/deprotonation of the more buried cysteine during catalysis. The conserved Trp in the WCGPC sequence motif has an exposed position that can interact with target proteins.
Structure of thioredoxin from Trypanosoma brucei brucei.,Friemann R, Schmidt H, Ramaswamy S, Forstner M, Krauth-Siegel RL, Eklund H FEBS Lett. 2003 Nov 20;554(3):301-5. PMID:14623083[1]
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- ↑ Friemann R, Schmidt H, Ramaswamy S, Forstner M, Krauth-Siegel RL, Eklund H. Structure of thioredoxin from Trypanosoma brucei brucei. FEBS Lett. 2003 Nov 20;554(3):301-5. PMID:14623083
