WrbA bridges bacterial flavodoxins and eukaryotic NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductases.

Publication Year
2007

Type

Journal Article
Abstract

The crystal structure of the flavodoxin-like protein WrbA with oxidized FMN bound reveals a close relationship to mammalian NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase, Nqo1. Structural comparison of WrbA, flavodoxin, and Nqo1 indicates how the twisted open-sheet fold of flavodoxins is elaborated to form multimers that extend catalytic function from one-electron transfer between protein partners using FMN to two-electron reduction of xenobiotics using FAD. The structure suggests a novel physiological role for WrbA and Nqo1.

Journal
Protein Sci
Volume
16
Issue
10
Pages
2301-5
Date Published
2007 Oct
ISSN Number
0961-8368
Alternate Journal
Protein Sci
PMCID
PMC2204128
PMID
17893367