FDX1

Ferredoxin 1

PDB rendering based on 1ayf.
Identifiers
Symbols FDX1; ADX; FDX; LOH11CR1D
External IDs OMIM103260 MGI103224 HomoloGene31216 GeneCards: FDX1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 2230 14148
Ensembl ENSG00000137714 ENSMUSG00000032051
UniProt P10109 Q4FZG2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004109 NM_007996.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_004100 NP_032022.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
110.3 – 110.34 Mb
Chr 9:
51.75 – 51.77 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Adrenodoxin, mitochondrial also known as adrenodoxin (adrenal ferredoxin) or hepatoredoxin or ferredoxin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FDX1 gene.[1][2] In addition to the expressed gene at this chromosomal locus (11q22), there are pseudogenes located on chromosomes 20 and 21.

Function

Ferredoxin-1 is a small iron-sulfur protein that transfers electrons from NADPH through ferredoxin reductase to a terminal cytochrome P450. This particular oxidation/reduction system is found in steroidogenic tissues, and is involved with the synthesis of bile acid and vitamin D. Ferredoxin-1 has been identified in a number of different tissues but all forms have been shown to be identical and are not tissue specific.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mittal S, Zhu YZ, Vickery LE (Sep 1988). "Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of human placental ferredoxin". Arch Biochem Biophys 264 (2): 383–91. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(88)90303-7. PMID 2969697. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: FDX1 ferredoxin 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2230. 

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