Mycobacterial FDORs use a variety of cofactors.
F420, flavin mononucleotide, flavin adenine dinucleotide, and heme are specifically bound by proteins of the same fold.
Variations in substrate binding pockets and loops lead to functional specialization.
Diverse functions include quinone, fatty acid and biliverdin reductases, and heme oxygenases.
These findings form a framework to understand FDORs role in mycobacterial survival.