... reductase from the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Comparisons with the orthologous enzymes of Plasmodium falciparum and the human host Holger Bauer1, Stephan Gromer1, Andrea Urbani2, Martina ... AAB35418), and from the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (PfTrxR-1, CAA60574). The enzyme of Anopheles shares69%, 52%, and 45% sequence identity with the TrxRs of D. melanogaster, humans, and ... (Figs 3 and 4). The reducing equivalentsflow from the nicotinamide of NADPH via the flavin and the pair Cys57/Cys62 to the redox centre Cys500’/Cys501’ of the other subunit, and hence to the disulfide...