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Structure and function of ferredoxin-NADP+-oxidoreductase

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The redox-enzyme ferredoxin-NADP-oxidoreductase has been shown to be activated by light and inactivated in the dark. This review will summarize recent data concerning the biochemical characterization of the enzyme compared to its in-vivo activation. Further-more the mechanism of this activation process is discussed as a conformational change caused by the light-driven proton gradient.

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Abbreviations

cyt:

cytochrome

fd:

ferredoxin

FNR1:

large form of ferredoxin-NADP-oxidoreductase

FNRox:

oxidized FNR

FNRred:

reduced FNR

FNRs:

small form of FNR

FNRsq:

FNR-semiquinone

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    Roland Pschorn, Wolfgang Rühle & Aloysius Wild

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Pschorn, R., Rühle, W. & Wild, A. Structure and function of ferredoxin-NADP+-oxidoreductase. Photosynth Res 17, 217–229 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00035449

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