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Glutathione amide reductase

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Glutathione amide reductase
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EC no.1.8.1.16
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Glutathione amide reductase (EC 1.8.1.16, GAR) is an enzyme with systematic name glutathione amide:NAD+ oxidoreductase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

+ NADH
 
 
H+
 
Reversible left-right reaction arrow with minor forward substrate(s) from top left and minor reverse product(s) to bottom left
H+
 
 
2
 
+ NAD+
 

The three substrates of this enzyme are glutathione amide disulfide, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), and a proton. Its products are glutathione amide and oxidised NAD+.[3] Glutathione amide reductase is a dimeric flavoprotein (FAD).

References

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  1. Vergauwen B, Pauwels F, Jacquemotte F, Meyer TE, Cusanovich MA, Bartsch RG, Van Beeumen JJ (June 2001). "Characterization of glutathione amide reductase from Chromatium gracile. Identification of a novel thiol peroxidase (Prx/Grx) fueled by glutathione amide redox cycling". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (24): 20890–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102026200. PMID 11399772.
  2. Vergauwen B, Van Petegem F, Remaut H, Pauwels F, Van Beeumen JJ (February 2002). "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of glutathione amide reductase from Chromatium gracile". Acta Crystallographica Section D. 58 (Pt 2): 339–40. doi:10.1107/s0907444901020303. PMID 11807270.
  3. Enzyme 1.8.1.16 at KEGG Pathway Database.
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