Sandbox 177
From Proteopedia
NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase
Taya O'Neill
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General Information
NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (CYPOR) is a ~78kDa, multidomain flavoprotein (5). Containing three co-factors, FMN, FAD and NADPH, CYPOR is the archetype for the mammalian diflavin-containing enzyme family (5). It is found to some degree in all tissue types. Horecker first identified this protein in 1950 as NADPH-specific cytochrome c reductase, based on his assumption that it was the redox partner for cytochrome c, found in the mitochondria (1). However, studies in the 1960s and later showed that its main function is actually as the redox partner for cytochrome P450 in microsomal electron transport chains, thus the name change (4,5). Regulation of this protein is largely at the transcriptional level and appears to involve the thyroid hormone T3 in most cases (3). Adrenocorticotrophic hormone acts as a regulator in a few specific cases (3).
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