Insect glutathione transferases

AJ Ketterman, C Saisawang… - Drug metabolism …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article is an overview of the current knowledge of insect glutathione transferases. Three
major topics are discussed: the glutathione transferase contributions to insecticide …

The aromatic stacking interactions between proteins and their macromolecular ligands

M Mizanur Rahman, Z Tariq Muhseen… - Current Protein and …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Aromatic stacking interactions arise from the attractive force between the π-electron clouds
in the neighboring aromatic groups. The aromatic stacking is common between proteins and …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a Drosophila glutathione transferase involved in isothiocyanate detoxification

D Gonzalez, S Fraichard, P Grassein, P Delarue… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are ubiquitous key enzymes that catalyse the conjugation of
glutathione to xenobiotic compounds in the detoxification process. GSTs have been …

Identification of a diazinon-metabolizing glutathione S-transferase in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

K Yamamoto, N Yamada - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The glutathione S-transferase superfamily play key roles in the metabolism of numerous
xenobiotics. We report herein the identification and characterization of a novel glutathione S …

Expression patterns of Drosophila Melanogaster glutathione transferases

E Gonis, S Fraichard, T Chertemps, A Hecker… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glutathione transferases are key enzymes found in all living species. In
insects, two classes of these enzymes are specific: the Delta and Epsilon classes. These …

Structural Analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster GSTome

N Petiot, M Schwartz, P Delarue, P Senet, F Neiers… - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Glutathione transferase (GST) is a superfamily of ubiquitous enzymes, multigenic in
numerous organisms and which generally present homodimeric structures. GSTs are …

Inhibition of human glutathione transferase by catechin and gossypol: comparative structural analysis by kinetic properties, molecular docking and their efficacy on the …

RA Guneidy, ER Zaki, NS Saleh… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Glutathione transferase Pi (GSTP1) expression is increased in many cancer types and is
associated with multidrug resistance and apoptosis inhibition. Inhibitors of GSTP1-1 have …

Evolution of negative cooperativity in glutathione transferase enabled preservation of enzyme function

A Bocedi, R Fabrini, ML Bello, AM Caccuri… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Negative cooperativity in enzyme reactions, in which the first event makes subsequent
events less favorable, is sometimes well understood at the molecular level, but its …

Directed evolution of Tau class glutathione transferases reveals a site that regulates catalytic efficiency and masks co-operativity

I Axarli, AW Muleta, D Vlachakis, S Kossida… - Biochemical …, 2016 - portlandpress.com
A library of Tau class GSTs (glutathione transferases) was constructed by DNA shuffling
using the DNA encoding the Glycine max GSTs Gm GSTU2-2, Gm GSTU4-4 and Gm …

Structural characterization of the catalytic site of a Nilaparvata lugens delta-class glutathione transferase

K Yamamoto, A Higashiura, MT Hossain… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are a major class of detoxification enzymes that play a
central role in the defense against environmental toxicants and oxidative stress. Here, we …