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. 2009 Oct 23;5(10):e1000541. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000541

Figure 1. Dithiol and monothiol Trx fold reactions.

Figure 1

A The archetypal thioredoxin reaction, entailing the reduction of a disulfide bond by a thioredoxin-like protein equipped with a dithiol CxxC active site. B The reduction of a mixed disulfide bond between glutathione and a protein by a monothiol glutaredoxin (Grx). In step I, the interaction between the hydroxyl hydrogen of a serine or threonine (green *) is suggested by conserved sequence motifs. Key: B denotes a general base. (Adapted from [70].).