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EC 1.8.1.12 Details
EC number
1.8.1.12
Accepted name
trypanothione-disulfide reductase
Reaction
trypanothione + NADP+ = trypanothione disulfide + NADPH + H+
Other name(s)
trypanothione reductase, NADPH2:trypanothione oxidoreductase
Systematic name
trypanothione:NADP+ oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
102210-35-5
Comment
Trypanothione disulfide is the oxidized form of N1,N8-bis(glutathionyl)-spermidine from the insect-parasitic trypanosomatid Crithidia fasciculata. The enzyme from Crithidia fasciculata is a flavoprotein (FAD), whose activity is dependent on a redox-active cystine at the active centre. (cf. EC 1.8.1.7, glutathione-disulfide reductase)
History
created 1989 as EC 1.6.4.8, transferred 2002 to EC 1.8.1.12
EC Tree
1.1.3.1 created 1961, deleted 1984
1.1.3.22 created 1961 as EC 1.2.3.2, transferred 1984 to EC 1.1.3.22, modified 1989, deleted 2004
1.1.3.25 created 1986, deleted 2005
1.1.3.26 created 1989, deleted 2002
1.1.3.31 created 1992, deleted 2003
1.1.3.32 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.3.33 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.3.34 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.3.35 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.3.36 created 1999, deleted 2002