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caption='GSR with substrate glutathione disulfide and FAD cofactor' scene='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'/> | caption='GSR with substrate glutathione disulfide and FAD cofactor' scene='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'/> | ||
flavin adenine dinucleotide | '''Glutathione Reductase''' <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'> (GSR)</scene> - represented by green ribbons- breaks up <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_disulfide/1'>glutathione disulfide</scene> (molecule with two yellow spheres shown in the 3D graphic) to <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione/2'> Glutathione</scene> (has only one yellow sphere). | ||
Glutathione is an anti-oxidant molecule (which itself is made up of three amino acid molecules -glutamine, cystine and glycine) that keeps cells in "shape" ensuring other proteins in the cell soup don't get oxidized "burn up" and keep the cell machinery running. | |||
<scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/7'> Here </scene> flavin adenine dinucleotide <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Fad/4'> (FAD)</scene> (flat molecule in the middle) another molecule that helps GSR to break glutathione disulfide bonds is juxtaposed up close to the glutathione disulfide molecule ready to break it up! | |||
The tetrahedral structure floating besides glutathione disulfide and FAD is a phosphate ion representing NADPH (another molecule involved in this process) in the crystal structure. | |||
Molecular Playground Banner: "Molecules that protect your cells from burning up" | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione_reductase Wikipedia page on GSR] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione_reductase Wikipedia page on GSR] | ||
