Mycoredoxin
Class of enzymes
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Mycoredoxin (EC 1.20.4.3, Mrx1, MrxI) is an enzyme with systematic name arseno-mycothiol:mycoredoxin oxidoreductase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- arseno-mycothiol + mycoredoxin arsenite + mycothiol-mycoredoxin disulfide
| Mycoredoxin | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 1.20.4.3 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Reduction of arsenate is part of a defense mechanism of the cell against toxic arsenate.
