Human thioredoxin reductase (hTrxR) is a homodimeric flavoprotein crucially involved in the regulation of cellular redox reactions, growth and differentiation. The enzyme contains a selenocysteine residue at its C-terminal active site that is essential for catalysis. This redox center is located on a flexible arm, solvent-exposed and reactive towards electrophilic inhibitors, thus representing a target for antitumor drug development. During catalysis reducing equivalents are transferred from the cofactor NADPH to FAD, then to the N-terminal active site cysteine residues and from there to the flexible C-terminal part of the other subunit to be finally delivered to a variety of second substrates at the molecule's surface. Here we report the first crystal structure of hTrxR1 (Sec-->Cys) in complex with FAD and NADP(+) at a resolution of 2.8 A. From the crystals three different conformations of the carboxy-terminal arm could be deduced. The predicted movement of the arm is facilitated by t
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%A Fritz-Wolf, Karin
%A Urig, Sabine
%A Becker, Katja
%D 2007/06/29/
%J J Mol Biol
%K Animals Binding_Sites Crystallography Cysteine Enzyme_Inhibitors Humans IFZ Models Molecular Molecular_Sequence_Data NADP Oxidation-Reduction Protein_Structure Quaternary Thioredoxin-Disulfide_Reductase X-Ray catalysis thioredoxin_reductase_1
%N 1
%P 116-127
%T The structure of human thioredoxin reductase 1 provides insights into C-terminal rearrangements during catalysis
%V 370
%X Human thioredoxin reductase (hTrxR) is a homodimeric flavoprotein crucially involved in the regulation of cellular redox reactions, growth and differentiation. The enzyme contains a selenocysteine residue at its C-terminal active site that is essential for catalysis. This redox center is located on a flexible arm, solvent-exposed and reactive towards electrophilic inhibitors, thus representing a target for antitumor drug development. During catalysis reducing equivalents are transferred from the cofactor NADPH to FAD, then to the N-terminal active site cysteine residues and from there to the flexible C-terminal part of the other subunit to be finally delivered to a variety of second substrates at the molecule's surface. Here we report the first crystal structure of hTrxR1 (Sec-->Cys) in complex with FAD and NADP(+) at a resolution of 2.8 A. From the crystals three different conformations of the carboxy-terminal arm could be deduced. The predicted movement of the arm is facilitated by t
@article{FritzWolf.20070629,
abstract = {Human thioredoxin reductase (hTrxR) is a homodimeric flavoprotein crucially involved in the regulation of cellular redox reactions, growth and differentiation. The enzyme contains a selenocysteine residue at its C-terminal active site that is essential for catalysis. This redox center is located on a flexible arm, solvent-exposed and reactive towards electrophilic inhibitors, thus representing a target for antitumor drug development. During catalysis reducing equivalents are transferred from the cofactor NADPH to FAD, then to the N-terminal active site cysteine residues and from there to the flexible C-terminal part of the other subunit to be finally delivered to a variety of second substrates at the molecule's surface. Here we report the first crystal structure of hTrxR1 (Sec-->Cys) in complex with FAD and NADP(+) at a resolution of 2.8 A. From the crystals three different conformations of the carboxy-terminal arm could be deduced. The predicted movement of the arm is facilitated by t},
added-at = {2008-10-14T16:07:18.000+0200},
author = {Fritz-Wolf, Karin and Urig, Sabine and Becker, Katja},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26093486f32244a6d56e220871c8e0959/nutribiochem},
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journal = {J Mol Biol},
keywords = {Animals Binding_Sites Crystallography Cysteine Enzyme_Inhibitors Humans IFZ Models Molecular Molecular_Sequence_Data NADP Oxidation-Reduction Protein_Structure Quaternary Thioredoxin-Disulfide_Reductase X-Ray catalysis thioredoxin_reductase_1},
number = 1,
pages = {116-127},
timestamp = {2008-10-14T16:08:41.000+0200},
title = {The structure of human thioredoxin reductase 1 provides insights into C-terminal rearrangements during catalysis},
volume = 370,
year = {2007/06/29/}
}