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A Caenorhabditis elegans mutant lacking functional nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase displays increased sensitivity to oxidative stress.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Jun 2005
Arkblad Eva L, Tuck Simon, Pestov Nikolay B, Dmitriev Ruslan I, Kostina Maria B, Stenvall Jörgen, Tranberg Mattias, Rydström Jan
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Proton-translocating mitochondrial nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (NNT) was investigated regarding its physiological role in Caenorhabditis elegans. NNT catalyzes the reduction of NADP(+) by NADH driven by the electrochemical proton gradient, Deltap, and is thus a potentially important source of mitochondrial NADPH. Mitochondrial detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by glutathione-dependent...
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