Adrenodoxin is a small iron-sulfur protein that can accept and carry a single electron.
Adrenodoxin functions as an electron transfer protein in the mitochondrial cytochrome P450 systems.
[7] The first enzyme in this system is adrenodoxin reductase that carries an FAD.
[7] This particular oxidation/reduction system is involved in the synthesis of steroid hormones in steroidogenic tissues.
In addition, similar systems also function in vitamin D and bile acid synthesis in the kidney and liver respectively.