Protein Domain : IPR011902

Type:  Family Name:  Glutaredoxin, GrxA
Description:  Glutaredoxins [, , ], also known as thioltransferases (disulphide reductases, are small proteins of approximately one hundred amino-acid residues which utilise glutathione and NADPH as cofactors. Oxidized glutathione is regenerated by glutathione reductase. Together these components compose the glutathione system []. Glutaredoxin functions as an electron carrier in the glutathione-dependent synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides by the enzyme ribonucleotide reductase. Like thioredoxin, which functions in a similar way, glutaredoxin possesses an active centre disulphide bond []. It exists in either a reduced or an oxidized form where the two cysteine residues are linked in an intramolecular disulphide bond.Glutaredoxin has been sequenced in a variety of species. On the basis of extensive sequence similarity, it has been proposed [] that Vaccinia virusprotein O2L is most probably a glutaredoxin. Finally, it must be noted that Bacteriophage T4thioredoxin seems also to be evolutionary related. In position 5 of the pattern T4 thioredoxin has Val instead of Pro.This entry includes the Escherichia coliglyutaredoxin GrxA which appears to have primary responsibility for the reduction of ribonucleotide reductase []. Short Name:  GRXA

0 Child Features

3 Contains

DB identifier Type Name
IPR014025 Domain Glutaredoxin subgroup
IPR002109 Domain Glutaredoxin
IPR011767 Active_site Glutaredoxin active site

1 Cross References

Identifier
TIGR02183

0 Found In

3 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0009055 IPR011902
GO:0015035 IPR011902
GO:0045454 IPR011902

3 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0009055 IPR011902
GO:0015035 IPR011902
GO:0045454 IPR011902

0 Parent Features

0 Proteins

7 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            3286320
            3152490
            2668278
            1994586
            14713336
            14962389
            15123823