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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2014

Novel functions of an iron-sulfur flavoprotein from Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosomes.

Tamara Smutná, Katerina Pilarová, Ján Tarábek, Jan Tachezy, Ivan Hrdý

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tamara SmutnáDepartment of Parasitology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Katerina PilarováDepartment of Parasitology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Ján TarábekNMR Spectroscopy Unit, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jan TachezyDepartment of Parasitology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Ivan HrdýDepartment of Parasitology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic hrdy@cesnet.cz.
Charles University · CZCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry · CZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron-sulfur flavoproteins (Isf) are flavin mononucleotide (FMN)- and FeS cluster-containing proteins commonly encountered in anaerobic prokaryotes. However, with the exception of Isf from Methanosarcina thermophila, which participates in oxidative stress management by removing oxygen and hydrogen peroxide, none of these proteins has been characterized in terms of function. Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted eukaryotic parasite of humans, was found to express several iron-sulfur flavoprotein (TvIsf) homologs in its hydrogenosomes. We show here that in addition to having oxygen-reducing activity, the recombinant TvIsf also functions as a detoxifying reductase of metronidazole and chloramphenicol, both of which are antibiotics effective against a variety of anaerobic microbes. TvIsf can utilize both NADH and reduced ferredoxin as electron donors. Given the prevalence of Isf in anaerobic prokaryotes, we propose that these proteins are central to a novel defense mechanism against xenobiotics.

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Amino Acid SequenceAntitrichomonal AgentsCatalysisDrug ResistanceFerredoxinsFlavoproteinsGenes, FungalHydrogenIron-Sulfur ProteinsMetronidazoleMolecular Sequence DataNADSubcellular FractionsTrichomonas vaginalisAntitrichomonal AgentsFerredoxinsFlavoproteinsHydrogenIron-Sulfur ProteinsMetronidazoleNAD

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PMID24663020
PMCPMC4068489
OpenAlexW2169431218

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