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ReviewAntioxidants & redox signaling2011

Flavin redox switching of protein functions.

Donald F Becker, Weidong Zhu, Michael A Moxley

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Review in Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Modulating Enzyme FunctionFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021
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  17. Trapping conformational states of a flavin-dependentThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2020
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  18. Role of Proline in Pathogen and Host Interactions.Antioxidants & redox signaling · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Donald F BeckerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, USA. dbecker3@unl.edu
Weidong Zhu
Michael A Moxley
University of Nebraska–Lincoln · US

Funding

THE REDOX-MEDIATED REGULATION OF IRON-RESPONSIVE GENE EXPRESSION IN LIVERP20RR017675 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI GRASS, GREGOR · 2002 to 2011
$20.4M
Spectroelectrochemistry of the Novel PutA FlavoproteinR01GM061068 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI BECKER, DONALD F · 2001 to 2015
$3.7M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR-017675NIGMS NIH HHS GM061068NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM061068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flavin cofactors impart remarkable catalytic diversity to enzymes, enabling them to participate in a broad array of biological processes. The properties of flavins also provide proteins with a versatile redox sensor that can be utilized for converting physiological signals such as cellular metabolism, light, and redox status into a unique functional output. The control of protein functions by the flavin redox state is important for transcriptional regulation, cell signaling pathways, and environmental adaptation. A significant number of proteins that have flavin redox switches are found in the Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain family and include flavoproteins that act as photosensors and respond to changes in cellular redox conditions. Biochemical and structural studies of PAS domain flavoproteins have revealed key insights into how flavin redox changes are propagated to the surface of the protein and translated into a new functional output such as the binding of a target protein in a signaling pathway. Mechanistic details of proteins unrelated to the PAS domain are also emerging and provide novel examples of how the flavin redox state governs protein-membrane interactions in response to appropriate stimuli. Analysis of different flavin switch proteins reveals shared mechanistic themes for the regulation of protein structure and function by flavins.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsFlavinsFlavoproteinsFungal ProteinsMembrane ProteinsOxidation-ReductionProtein Structure, SecondaryPyruvate OxidaseBacterial ProteinsFlavinsFlavoproteinsFungal ProteinsMembrane ProteinsPutA protein, BacteriaPyruvate OxidaseVVD protein, Neurospora crassa

Identifiers

PMID21028987
PMCPMC3113445
OpenAlexW2019730273

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