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Catalytic and potentiometric characterization of E201D and E201Q mutants of Trypanosoma congolense trypanothione reductase.
Biochemistry - 3 Oct 1995
Zheng R, Cenas N, Blanchard J S
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Trypanothione reductase is a member of the structurally and functionally well-characterized family of flavoprotein reductases, which catalyze the reduced pyridine nucleotide dependent reduction of their disulfide, peroxide, or metal ion substrates. Trypanothione reductase is found in a wide variety of Trypanosoma species, where the enzyme serves physiologically to protect the organism from oxidative stress and...
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