IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.8.98.8

Accepted name: thioredoxin-disulfide reductase (factor 420-dependent)

Reaction: thioredoxin + an oxidized factor 420 = thioredoxin disulfide + a reduced factor 420

Other name(s): F420-dependent thioredoxin-disulfide reductase; deazaflavin-dependent flavin-containing thioredoxin reductase; (coenzyme F420)-dependent thioredoxin-disulfide reductase

Systematic name: thioredoxin:factor 420 oxidoreductase

Comments: A flavoprotein (FAD). The enzyme is found only in methanogenic archaea living in deep-sea volcanoes, and requires high partial pressure of hydrogen, which effects the reducing potential of the F420/F420H2 pair. cf. EC 1.8.1.9, thioredoxin-disulfide reductase (NADPH).

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References:

1. Susanti, D., Loganathan, U. and Mukhopadhyay, B. A novel F420-dependent thioredoxin reductase gated by low potential FAD: a tool for redox regulation in an anaerobe. J. Biol. Chem. 291 (2016) 23084-23100. [PMID: 27590343]

[EC 1.8.98.8 created 2025]


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