[HTML][HTML] Glutathione catalysis and the reaction mechanisms of glutathione-dependent enzymes

M Deponte - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Glutathione-dependent catalysis is a metabolic adaptation to chemical
challenges encountered by all life forms. In the course of evolution, nature optimized …

Glutathione transferases

JD Hayes, JU Flanagan… - Annu. Rev. Pharmacol …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract This review describes the three mammalian glutathione transferase (GST)
families, namely cytosolic, mitochondrial, and microsomal GST, the latter now designated …

Glutathione transferases in the genomics era: new insights and perspectives

C Frova - Biomolecular engineering, 2006 - Elsevier
In the last decade the tumultuous development of “omics” greatly improved our ability to
understand protein structure, function and evolution, and to define their roles and networks …

Glutathione transferases in bacteria

N Allocati, L Federici, M Masulli, C Di Ilio - The FEBS journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial glutathione transferases (GSTs) are part of a superfamily of enzymes that play a
key role in cellular detoxification. GSTs are widely distributed in prokaryotes and are …

Plant glutathione transferases

R Edwards, DP Dixon - Methods in enzymology, 2005 - Elsevier
Soluble plant glutathione transferases (GSTs) consist of seven distinct classes, six of which
have been functionally characterized. The phi and tau class GSTs are specific to plants and …

[HTML][HTML] Glutathione and peroxisome redox homeostasis

MJ Ferreira, TA Rodrigues, AG Pedrosa, AR Silva… - Redox biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite intensive research on peroxisome biochemistry, the role of glutathione in
peroxisomal redox homeostasis has remained a matter of speculation for many years, and …

Members of the chloride intracellular ion channel protein family demonstrate glutaredoxin-like enzymatic activity

H Al Khamici, LJ Brown, KR Hossain, AL Hudson… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The Chloride Intracellular Ion Channel (CLIC) family consists of six evolutionarily conserved
proteins in humans. Members of this family are unusual, existing as both monomeric soluble …

Oxidative stress in Caenorhabditis elegans: protective effects of the Omega class glutathione transferase (GSTO‐1)

C Burmeister, K Lüersen, A Heinick… - The FASEB …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
To elucidate the function of Omega class glutathione transferases (GSTs)(EC 2.5. 1.18) in
multicellular organisms, the GSTO‐1 from Caenorhabditis elegans (GSTO‐1; C29E4. 7) was …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells have three Omega class glutathione S-transferases acting as 1-Cys thiol transferases

A Garcerá, L Barreto, L Piedrafita, J Tamarit… - Biochemical …, 2006 - portlandpress.com
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome encodes three proteins that display similarities with
human GSTOs (Omega class glutathione S-transferases) hGSTO1-1 and hGSTO2-2. The …

The yeast prion protein Ure2 shows glutathione peroxidase activity in both native and fibrillar forms

M Bai, JM Zhou, S Perrett - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB
Ure2p is the precursor protein of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae prion [URE3]. Ure2p shows
homology to glutathione transferases but lacks typical glutathione transferase activity. A …