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| Name       = ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase
| EC_number  = 1.18.1.2
| CAS_number = 9029-33-8
| GO_code    = 0004324
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In [[enzymology]], a '''ferredoxin-NADP{{+}} reductase''' ({{EC number|1.18.1.2}}) abbreviated '''FNR''', is an [[enzyme]] that [[catalysis|catalyzes]] the [[chemical reaction]]

:2 reduced ferredoxin + NADP{{+}} + H{{+}} <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> 2 oxidized ferredoxin + NADPH

The 3 [[substrate (biochemistry)|substrates]] of this enzyme are [[redox|reduced]] [[ferredoxin]], [[nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate|NADP{{+}}]], and [[hydrogen ion|H{{+}}]], whereas its two [[product (chemistry)|products]] are [[oxidized]] [[ferredoxin]] and [[nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate|NADPH]].  It has a [[Flavin group|flavin]] [[cofactor (biochemistry)|cofactor]], [[flavin adenine dinucleotide|FAD]].

This enzyme belongs to the family of [[oxidoreductase]]s, that use iron-sulfur proteins as electron donors and NAD{{+}} or NADP{{+}} as electron acceptors.

This enzyme participates in [[photosynthesis]]. FNR provides a major source of NADPH for photosynthetic organisms.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Spaans SK, Weusthuis RA, van der Oost J, Kengen SW | title = NADPH-generating systems in bacteria and archaea | journal = Frontiers in Microbiology | volume = 6 | pages = 742 | date = 2015-07-29 | pmid = 26284036 | pmc = 4518329 | doi = 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00742 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

== Nomenclature ==

The [[List of enzymes|systematic name]] of this enzyme class is ferredoxin:NADP{{+}} oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include:
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* adrenodoxin reductase,
* ferredoxin-NADP{{+}} reductase,
* ferredoxin-NADP{{+}} oxidoreductase,
* ferredoxin-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate reductase,
* ferredoxin-nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate (oxidized), reductase
* ferredoxin-TPN reductase,
* NADP{{+}}:ferredoxin oxidoreductase,
* NADPH:ferredoxin oxidoreductase,
* reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-adrenodoxin, reductase, and
* TPNH-ferredoxin reductase
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==Mechanism==

[[File:FNR3.png|thumb|alt=Cartoon depicting ferredoxin transferring an electron to FNR.|Cartoon depicting FAD (red) and NADP{{+}} (blue) bound in the active site of the enzyme. Reduced ferredoxin binds the enzyme and transfers one electron to FAD. (image from PDB file 2BSA)]]
During [[photosynthesis]], electrons are removed from water and transferred to the single electron carrier [[ferredoxin]]. Ferredoxin: NADP{{+}} reductase then transfers an electron from each of two ferredoxin molecules to a single molecule of the two electron carrier NADPH.<ref name="Stryer">{{Cite book | vauthors = Berg JM, Tymoczko JL, Stryer L | title = Biochemistry | year = 2007 | publisher = W.H. Freeman | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-7167-8724-2 | edition = 6th}}</ref> FNR utilizes [[flavin adenine dinucleotide|FAD]], which can exist in an [[oxidized]] state, single electron [[redox|reduced]] [[semiquinone]] state, and fully reduced state to mediate this electron transfer.<ref name="Carrillo">{{cite journal | vauthors = Carrillo N, Ceccarelli EA | title = Open questions in ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase catalytic mechanism | journal = European Journal of Biochemistry | volume = 270 | issue = 9 | pages = 1900–15 | date = May 2003 | pmid = 12709048 | doi = 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03566.x | doi-access = free }}</ref>

FNR has an induced-fit mechanism of [[catalysis]].<ref name="Carrillo" /> Binding of ferredoxin to the enzyme causes the formation of a [[hydrogen bond]] between a [[glutamate]] residue (E312) and a [[serine]] residue (S96) in the [[active site]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kurisu G, Kusunoki M, Katoh E, Yamazaki T, Teshima K, Onda Y, Kimata-Ariga Y, Hase T | display-authors = 6 | title = Structure of the electron transfer complex between ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase | journal = Nature Structural Biology | volume = 8 | issue = 2 | pages = 117–21 | date = February 2001 | pmid = 11175898 | doi = 10.1038/84097 | s2cid = 13611907 }}</ref> The glutamate residue is highly conserved because it both stabilizes the semiquinone form of FAD and is a proton donor/acceptor in the reaction.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dumit VI, Essigke T, Cortez N, Ullmann GM | title = Mechanistic insights into ferredoxin-NADP(H) reductase catalysis involving the conserved glutamate in the active site | journal = Journal of Molecular Biology | volume = 397 | issue = 3 | pages = 814–25 | date = April 2010 | pmid = 20132825 | doi = 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.063 }}</ref> The rate limiting step of the electron transfer reaction is the release of the first oxidized ferredoxin molecule after the reduction of FAD with one electron.<ref name="Carrillo" /> This step is inhibited by the presence of oxidized ferredoxin and stimulated by the presence of NADP{{+}}.<ref name="Carrillo" /> The binding of NADP{{+}} to the enzyme lowers the binding affinity of the enzyme for ferredoxin.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Medina M | title = Structural and mechanistic aspects of flavoproteins: photosynthetic electron transfer from photosystem I to NADP+ | journal = The FEBS Journal | volume = 276 | issue = 15 | pages = 3942–58 | date = August 2009 | pmid = 19583765 | doi = 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07122.x | s2cid = 42610724 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

This reaction can also operate in reverse to generate reduced ferredoxin, which can then be used in a variety of biosynthetic pathways. Some bacteria and algae use the molecule [[flavodoxin]] instead of ferredoxin as the single electron carrier molecule to be reduced or oxidized.<ref name="Carrillo" />

== Structure ==
[[File:FNR.png|thumb|alt=FNR crystal structure.|FNR structure with beta barrel domain colored yellow, alpha helix-beta sheet fold colored green, and FAD cofactor colored red. (image from PDB file 3LVB)]]
Plant-type ferredoxin: NADP{{+}} reductase has two [[protein domain|structural domains]]. The first domain is an antiparallel [[beta barrel]] at the [[amino terminus]] of the [[protein]] that contains the binding domain for the FAD cofactor.<ref name="Aliverti">{{cite journal | vauthors = Aliverti A, Pandini V, Pennati A, de Rosa M, Zanetti G | title = Structural and functional diversity of ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductases | journal = Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics | volume = 474 | issue = 2 | pages = 283–91 | date = June 2008 | pmid = 18307973 | doi = 10.1016/j.abb.2008.02.014 | hdl-access = free | hdl = 2434/41439 }}</ref> The second domain is at the [[carboxyl terminus]] of the protein and contains an [[alpha helix]]-[[beta strand]] fold.<ref name="Aliverti" /> This terminal domain is where the NADP{{+}} binds.<ref name="Paladini">{{cite journal | vauthors = Paladini DH, Musumeci MA, Carrillo N, Ceccarelli EA | title = Induced fit and equilibrium dynamics for high catalytic efficiency in ferredoxin-NADP(H) reductases | journal = Biochemistry | volume = 48 | issue = 24 | pages = 5760–8 | date = June 2009 | pmid = 19435322 | doi = 10.1021/bi9004232 }}</ref> The [[active site]] for the enzyme occurs at the interface between the two domains.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Arakaki AK, Ceccarelli EA, Carrillo N | title = Plant-type ferredoxin-NADP+ reductases: a basal structural framework and a multiplicity of functions | journal = FASEB Journal | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = 133–40 | date = February 1997 | pmid = 9039955 | doi = 10.1096/fasebj.11.2.9039955 | doi-access = free | s2cid = 99698 }}</ref>

Binding of the enzyme to the [[thylakoid]] membrane involves a [[polyproline helix|polyproline type II helix]] created between two FNR monomers and several [[proline]] rich [[integral membrane protein]]s.<ref name="Bolter">{{cite journal | vauthors = Alte F, Stengel A, Benz JP, Petersen E, Soll J, Groll M, Bölter B | title = Ferredoxin:NADPH oxidoreductase is recruited to thylakoids by binding to a polyproline type II helix in a pH-dependent manner | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 107 | issue = 45 | pages = 19260–5 | date = November 2010 | pmid = 20974920 | pmc = 2984204 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1009124107 | bibcode = 2010PNAS..10719260A | doi-access = free }}</ref>

As of late 2007, 54 [[tertiary structure|structures]] had been solved for this class of enzymes, with [[Protein Data Bank|PDB]] accession codes {{PDB link|1B2R}}, {{PDB link|1BJK}}, {{PDB link|1BQE}}, {{PDB link|1BX0}}, {{PDB link|1BX1}}, {{PDB link|1CJC}}, {{PDB link|1E1L}}, {{PDB link|1E62}}, {{PDB link|1E63}}, {{PDB link|1E64}}, {{PDB link|1E6E}}, {{PDB link|1EWY}}, {{PDB link|1FDR}}, {{PDB link|1FNB}}, {{PDB link|1FNC}}, {{PDB link|1FND}}, {{PDB link|1FRN}}, {{PDB link|1FRQ}}, {{PDB link|1GAQ}}, {{PDB link|1GAW}}, {{PDB link|1GJR}}, {{PDB link|1GO2}}, {{PDB link|1GR1}}, {{PDB link|1H42}}, {{PDB link|1H85}}, {{PDB link|1JB9}}, {{PDB link|1OGI}}, {{PDB link|1OGJ}}, {{PDB link|1QFY}}, {{PDB link|1QFZ}}, {{PDB link|1QG0}}, {{PDB link|1QGA}}, {{PDB link|1QGY}}, {{PDB link|1QGZ}}, {{PDB link|1QH0}}, {{PDB link|1QUE}}, {{PDB link|1QUF}}, {{PDB link|1SM4}}, {{PDB link|1W34}}, {{PDB link|1W35}}, {{PDB link|1W87}}, {{PDB link|2B5O}}, {{PDB link|2BGI}}, {{PDB link|2BGJ}}, {{PDB link|2BMW}}, {{PDB link|2BSA}}, {{PDB link|2C7G}}, {{PDB link|2GQW}}, {{PDB link|2GR0}}, {{PDB link|2GR1}}, {{PDB link|2GR2}}, {{PDB link|2GR3}}, {{PDB link|2OK7}}, and {{PDB link|2OK8}}.

== Function ==

Ferredoxin: NADP{{+}} reductase is the last enzyme in the transfer of [[electrons]] during [[photosynthesis]] from [[photosystem I]] to NADPH.<ref name="Stryer" /> The NADPH is then used as a [[reducing equivalent]] in the reactions of the [[Calvin cycle]].<ref name="Stryer" /> Electron cycling from ferredoxin to NADPH only occurs in the light in part because FNR activity is inhibited in the dark.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Talts E, Oja V, Rämma H, Rasulov B, Anijalg A, Laisk A | title = Dark inactivation of ferredoxin-NADP reductase and cyclic electron flow under far-red light in sunflower leaves | journal = Photosynthesis Research | volume = 94 | issue = 1 | pages = 109–20 | date = October 2007 | pmid = 17665150 | doi = 10.1007/s11120-007-9224-7 | s2cid = 416310 }}</ref> In nonphotosynthetic organisms, the FNR primarily works in reverse to provide reduced ferredoxin for various [[metabolic pathway]]s. These pathways include [[nitrogen fixation]], [[terpenoid]] biosynthesis, [[steroid]] metabolism, [[oxidative stress]] response, and iron–sulfur protein biogenesis.<ref name="Aliverti" />

FNR is a [[solubility|soluble]] protein that is found both free in the [[chloroplast]] stroma and bound to the thylakoid membrane. This binding occurs opposite to the active site of the enzyme and does not seem to affect the structure of the active site or have a significant impact on the enzyme's activity.<ref name="Bolter" /> When bound to the thylakoid membrane, the enzyme exists as a dimer, but when it is free in the stroma, it is monomeric.<ref name="Bolter" /> The binding of the FNR to the integral membrane proteins on the thylakoid membrane is enhanced under acidic conditions, so recruitment and binding of FNR to the thylakoid membrane may be a method of storing and stabilizing the enzyme in the dark when photosynthesis is not occurring.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Benz JP, Lintala M, Soll J, Mulo P, Bölter B | title = A new concept for ferredoxin-NADP(H) oxidoreductase binding to plant thylakoids | journal = Trends in Plant Science | volume = 15 | issue = 11 | pages = 608–13 | date = November 2010 | pmid = 20851663 | doi = 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.08.008 }}</ref> The chloroplast stroma varies from being slightly [[acidic]] in the dark to more [[alkaline]] in the light.<ref name="Bolter" /> Therefore, in the dark, more FNRs would be recruited and bound to the thylakoid membrane, and in the light, more FNRs would [[dissociation (chemistry)|dissociate]] from the membrane and be free in the stroma.

==Evolution==
Ferredoxin NADP{{+}} reductases are present in many organisms, including [[plants]], [[bacteria]], and the [[mitochondria]] of eukaryotes. However, these proteins belong to two unrelated protein families and are an example of [[convergent evolution]].<ref name="Aliverti" /><ref name=":0">{{cite journal | vauthors = Pierella Karlusich JJ, Carrillo N | title = Evolution of the acceptor side of photosystem I: ferredoxin, flavodoxin, and ferredoxin-NADP<sup>+</sup> oxidoreductase | journal = Photosynthesis Research | volume = 134 | issue = 3 | pages = 235–250 | date = December 2017 | pmid = 28150152 | doi = 10.1007/s11120-017-0338-2 | s2cid = 9223061 }}</ref> The plant-type FNRs ({{InterPro|IPR015701}}, {{InterPro|IPR033892}}) include the plastidic FNRs seen in plants.<ref name="Aliverti" /><ref name=":0" /> The [[glutathione reductase|glutathione-reductase]]-type FNRs ({{InterPro|IPR022890}}, {{InterPro|IPR021163}}), sometimes named [[adrenodoxin-NADP+ reductase]] for distinction, are seen in the mitochondria of eukaryotes.<ref name="Aliverti" /><ref name=":0" /> Both families are seen in bacteria. Two extra families, one [[thioredoxin reductase]]-like (TRLF) and the other with a unique mechanism (NfnAB), has been identified.<ref name="pmid26284036">{{cite journal | vauthors = Spaans SK, Weusthuis RA, van der Oost J, Kengen SW | title = NADPH-generating systems in bacteria and archaea | journal = Frontiers in Microbiology | volume = 6 | pages = 742 | date = 2015 | pmid = 26284036 | pmc = 4518329 | doi = 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00742 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

In the plant-like family of FNRs, selective evolutionary pressure has led to differences in the catalytic efficiency of FNRs in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic organisms. Electron transfer by FNR is a rate limiting step in photosynthesis, so the plastidic FNR in plants have evolved to be highly efficient.<ref name="Paladini"/> These plastidic FNRs are 20–100 fold more active than bacterial FNRs.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Orellano EG, Calcaterra NB, Carrillo N, Ceccarelli EA | title = Probing the role of the carboxyl-terminal region of ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase by site-directed mutagenesis and deletion analysis | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 268 | issue = 26 | pages = 19267–73 | date = September 1993 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)36509-3 | pmid = 8366077 | doi-access = free }}</ref> This higher catalytic efficiency of the transfer of electrons from FAD to NADP{{+}} is related to structural changes in the active site that reduce the distance between the N5 in FAD and the C4 in NADP{{+}}.<ref name="Medina">{{cite journal | vauthors = Peregrina JR, Sánchez-Azqueta A, Herguedas B, Martínez-Júlvez M, Medina M | title = Role of specific residues in coenzyme binding, charge-transfer complex formation, and catalysis in Anabaena ferredoxin NADP+-reductase | journal = Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics | volume = 1797 | issue = 9 | pages = 1638–46 | date = September 2010 | pmid = 20471952 | doi = 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.05.006 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The plastidic FNRs in plants have also evolved to have a high degree of substrate specificity for NADP{{+}} over NAD{{+}}; studies of amino acid mutations have shown that the terminal [[tyrosine]] residue in plastidic FNRs plays a key role in this substrate specificity.<ref name="Paladini" /> In contrast, some nonphotosynthetic FNRs do not preferentially bind NADP{{+}} and lack this tyrosine residue.<ref name="Medina" />

==Disease relevance==

Several major human diseases are caused by the obligate intracellular [[protozoa]]n parasites in the phylum [[Apicomplexa]]. The [[apicoplast]] [[organelle]] in these organisms is believed to have come from an [[endosymbiont|endosymbiotic]] event in which an ancestral protozoan engulfed an [[algae|algal]] cell.<ref name="Aliverti" /> These apicoplasts contain plant-like FNRs that the protozoan uses to generate reduced [[ferredoxin]], which is then used as a reductant in essential biosynthetic pathways.<ref name="Balconi">{{cite journal | vauthors = Balconi E, Pennati A, Crobu D, Pandini V, Cerutti R, Zanetti G, Aliverti A | title = The ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase/ferredoxin electron transfer system of Plasmodium falciparum | journal = The FEBS Journal | volume = 276 | issue = 14 | pages = 3825–36 | date = July 2009 | pmid = 19523113 | doi = 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07100.x | s2cid = 24183752 | doi-access = free }}</ref> FNRs from two major [[parasites]] affecting humans, ''[[Plasmodium falciparum]]'', which causes [[malaria]], and ''[[Toxoplasma gondii]]'', which causes [[toxoplasmosis]], have been sequenced.<ref name="Seeber">{{cite journal | vauthors = Seeber F, Aliverti A, Zanetti G | title = The plant-type ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase/ferredoxin redox system as a possible drug target against apicomplexan human parasites | journal = Current Pharmaceutical Design | volume = 11 | issue = 24 | pages = 3159–72 | year = 2005 | pmid = 16178751 | doi = 10.2174/1381612054864957 }}</ref> Since humans do not have a [[protein homology|homologous protein]], these enzymes are possible new targets for drug therapies against these diseases.<ref name="Seeber" />

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite journal |vauthors=Omura T, Sanders E, Estabrook RW, Cooper DY, Rosenthal O | year = 1966 | title = Isolation from adrenal cortex of a nonheme iron protein and a flavoprotein functional as a reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide-cytochrome P-450 reductase | journal = Arch. Biochem. Biophys. | volume = 117 | issue = 3 | pages = 660–673 | doi = 10.1016/0003-9861(66)90108-1 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Shin M, Tagawa K, Arnon DI | title = Crystallization of ferredoxin-TPN reductase and its role in the photosynthetic apparatus of chloroplasts | journal = Biochemische Zeitschrift | volume = 338 | pages = 84–96 | year = 1963 | pmid = 14087348 }}
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