Bacterial-type NADH:ferredoxin oxidoreductase mediates alternative electron transport in Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosomes

Abstrakt

The trichomonad protein is dissimilar to NAD(P):ferredoxin oxidoreductases from chloroplasts and mitochondria. It is the first protein of this type to be characterized from a eukaryotic organism.

Klíčová slova

• hrdý Hydrogenosomes
• trichomonads
• electron-transporting protein
• NADH:ferredoxin oxidoreductase
• eukaryotic organism.