WrbA bridges bacterial flavodoxins and eukaryotic NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductases. Author Jannette Carey, Jiri Brynda, Julie Wolfová, Rita Grandori, Tobias Gustavsson, Rüdiger Ettrich, Ivana Smatanová 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. Keywords Repressor Proteins, Binding Sites, Models, Molecular, Escherichia coli Proteins, Protein Folding, DNA-Binding Proteins, Flavodoxin, NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) Journal Protein Sci Volume 16 Issue 10 Pages 2301-5 Date Published 2007 Oct ISSN Number 0961-8368 DOI 10.1110/ps.073018907 Alternate Journal Protein Sci PMCID PMC2204128 PMID 17893367 PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML