Crystal structures of Leptospira interrogans FAD-containing ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase and its complex with NADP+.
Nascimento, A.S., Catalano-Dupuy, D.L., Bernardes, A., Neto, M.O., Santos, M.A., Ceccarelli, E.A., Polikarpov, I.(2007) BMC Struct Biol 7: 69-69
- PubMed: 17958910 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-7-69
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2RC5, 2RC6 - PubMed Abstract: 
Ferredoxin-NADP(H) reductases (FNRs) are flavoenzymes that catalyze the electron transfer between NADP(H) and the proteins ferredoxin or flavodoxin. A number of structural features distinguish plant and bacterial FNRs, one of which is the mode of the cofactor FAD binding. Leptospira interrogans is a spirochaete parasitic bacterium capable of infecting humans and mammals in general. Leptospira interrogans FNR (LepFNR) displays low sequence identity with plant (34% with Zea mays) and bacterial (31% with Escherichia coli) FNRs. However, LepFNR contains all consensus sequences that define the plastidic class FNRs.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av, Trabalhador Saocarlense 400, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil. asnascimento@if.sc.usp.br