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glutathione; gamma-glutamylcysteinylglycine (GSH)

Glutathione is present in animal cells at about 5 mM, serving as a sulfhydryl buffer. The intracellular ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione (GSH/GSSG) is 100 to >500. Laboratory: - glutathione in blood - glutathione in erythrocytes - glutathione in serum/plasma - glutathione in urine

Interactions

molecular events

Related

gamma glutamyl cycle Glutathione S Transferase glutathione [GSH] synthetase (GSS)

Specific

glutathione disulfide (GSSG)

General

intracellular peptide

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 3 aa COMPARTMENT: cytoplasm MOTIF: cysteine residue

Database Correlations

PUBCHEM correlations Kegg map/map00480

References

Stryer Biochemistry WH Freeman & Co, New York, 1988 pg 592