Protein
Glutathionylspermidine synthase
Organism
Crithidia fasciculata
Function
Conjugates glutathione (gamma-Glu-Cys-Gly) and spermidine to form glutathionylspermidine in the biosynthesis trypanothione (N(1),N(8)-bis(glutathionyl)spermidine), which is involved in maintaining intracellular thiol redox and in defense against oxidants.
Similarity
In the C-terminal section; belongs to the glutathionylspermidine synthase preATP-grasp family.
Sequence
MSSLPHNHHYETHHRGTAEVPFDELIGVTPDGVPVISNGNEAHFSNLESITAACLPLSSFERKAPCKQPYRKMGVKWQCVEFVRRYLASRKAVWMTSLCTAEEVWREENLFVDVRDGRPVEVVRTPNKSTGPAPAVADIVVWGEGPETPFGHVAIVTEVCASCVRVAEQNQGFEKWPEDVPFSREIAMRTTESGEVELLDEDPLLGWVTVQAPFYNFDDGDLADSFRLVVGQGQILRQPFPKHVDVPWLNTGEECDTILKHSLVVDGNMGEGAHAEEGDVPGAFYFLDYDMFCRLGRAASSLHRIAMAATAKVLEDPESTHLLEHYFGVPPEIQPLLRRSWEMTPPMGGRFDFGYDGKNVVMLEYNCDSSGALLECCNTQEKMARFYGVSQGTSTGSFLGAKCVTYFQRLLTNEKVCPQHRLIHFMIDEDDEERYTARCMMGFAEQAGFRTKLCVKLVNFRYRDGPPSNAAPLATPCDHPTIVDGEDEEVLMVWKTWSWDTVLHQYHSQRSSSDAVNTPTLSDILLNNNIRVLEPLWKAVTGSKAILPFMHALAPDHEHMLAASFLPTREIISRHYISKPVNGRAGQNIMMYDPVTSPTELEGAPQQDICEALSQNASARSLLNGSPLPLSQSVDQTNECSPGKFFDSVLVYQQRLFLKKFDGKYFPIFCGWMVGDEFGGVVVREDTSKITKLSSMVVPARVVRDNVPLGVSYSDEGET