Nitroreductases: Enzymes with Environmental ...

nitroreductases : Enzymes with Environmental , biotechnological and clinical importance Iuri Marques de Oliveira1, Diego Bonatto1,2 and Jo o Antonio P gas Henriques*1,2 1 Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gon alves 9500, 91507-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 2 Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Rua Francisco Get lio Vargas 1130, Bloco 57, 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. *Corresponding author: e-mail: p Telephone: 55-51-3308-7602; Fax: 55-51-3308-6084 The nitroreductase family comprises a group of flavin mononucleotide (FMN)- or flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) -dependent Enzymes that are able to metabolize nitroaromatic and nitroheterocyclic derivatives (nitrosubstituted compounds) using the reducing power of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(P)H). These Enzymes can be found in bacterial species and, to a lesser extent, in eukaryotes.

Nitroreductases: Enzymes with Environmental, Biotechnological and Clinical Importance Iuri Marques de Oliveira1, Diego Bonatto1,2 and João Antonio Pêgas Henriques*1,2 1Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91507-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 2Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Rua …

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