Biologically Active Substance
thioredoxins
Subclass of:
Proteins
Definitions related to thioredoxins:
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Family of small (13 kD) electron carrier proteins which mediate a number of reactions, including the conversion of ribonucleotides (RNA precursors) to deoxyribonucleotides (DNA precursors) by ribonucleotide reductase.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Hydrogen-donating proteins that participates in a variety of biochemical reactions including ribonucleotide reduction and reduction of PEROXIREDOXINS. Thioredoxin is oxidized from a dithiol to a disulfide when acting as a reducing cofactor. The disulfide form is then reduced by NADPH in a reaction catalyzed by THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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