Glutathione disulfide

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Glutathione disulfide
Identifiers
Abbreviations GSSG
CAS number 27025-41-8 YesY
PubChem 11215652
ChemSpider 58835 N
ChEMBL CHEMBL1372 N
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Properties
Molecular formula C20H32N6O12S2
Molar mass 612.631 g/mol
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Glutathione disulfide (GSSG) is a disulfide derived from two glutathione molecules.[1]

In living cells, glutathione disulfide is reduced into two molecules of glutathione with reducing equivalents from the coenzyme NADPH. This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme glutathione reductase.[2] Antioxidant enzymes, such as glutathione peroxidases and peroxiredoxins, generate glutathione disulfide during the reduction of peroxides such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and organic hydroperoxides (ROOH):[3]

2 GSH + ROOH → GSSG + ROH + H2O

Other enzymes, such as glutaredoxins, generate glutathione disulfide through thiol-disulfide exchange with protein disulfide bonds or other low molecular mass compounds, such as coenzyme A disulfide or dehydroascorbic acid.[4]

2 GSH + R-S-S-R → GSSG + 2 RSH

See also

References

  1. Meister A, Anderson M (1983). "Glutathione". Annu Rev Biochem 52: 711–60. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.52.070183.003431. PMID 6137189. 
  2. Deneke SM, Fanburg BL (October 1989). "Regulation of cellular glutathione". Am. J. Physiol. 257 (4 Pt 1): L163–73. PMID 2572174. 
  3. Meister A (1988). "Glutathione metabolism and its selective modification" (PDF). J Biol Chem 263 (33): 17205–8. PMID 3053703. 
  4. Holmgren A, Johansson C, Berndt C, Lönn ME, Hudemann C, Lillig CH (December 2005). "Thiol redox control via thioredoxin and glutaredoxin systems". Biochem. Soc. Trans. 33 (Pt 6): 1375–7. doi:10.1042/BST20051375. PMID 16246122. 
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