Vanadate as a futile, superoxide ion-producing substrate of trypanothione reductase from Trypanosoma cruzi

Mohammed Omar Faruk Khan, Seheli Parveen, Gavin Malcolm Seddon, Kenneth Thomas Douglas*

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Abstract

Recombinant Trypanosoma cruzi trypanothione reductase can oxidize NADPH in a futile cycle in the presence of vanadate ion as a result of the generation of reactive oxygen and other radical species from the active site dithiol and the NADPH. This process is inhibited by competitive inhibitors of trypanothione reductase catalyzed reduction of trypanothione disulfide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1558-1559
Number of pages2
JournalChemistry Letters
Volume34
Issue number11
Early online date15 Oct 2005
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2005

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