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<applet load='1GRE' size='[350,338]' frame='true' align='right' | <applet load='1GRE' size='[350,338]' frame='true' align='right' | ||
caption='GSR with substrate glutathione disulfide and FAD cofactor' scene='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'/> | caption='GSR with substrate | ||
<scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_disulfide/1'>glutathione disulfide</scene> and FAD cofactor' scene='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'/> | |||
'''Glutathione Reductase''' (GSR) reduces glutathione disulfides (molecule with two yellow spheres shown in the 3D graphic) to <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione/1'> Glutathione </scene> | '''Glutathione Reductase''' (GSR) reduces glutathione disulfides (molecule with two yellow spheres shown in the 3D graphic) to <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione/1'> Glutathione </scene> | ||
Revision as of 16:51, 1 May 2010
One of the CBI Molecules related closely to studies being carried out at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry-Biology Interface Program at UMass Amherst in the Thayumanavan Research Group and on display at the Molecular Playground.
<applet load='1GRE' size='[350,338]' frame='true' align='right' caption='GSR with substrate <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_disulfide/1'>glutathione disulfide</scene> and FAD cofactor' scene='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'/>
Glutathione Reductase (GSR) reduces glutathione disulfides (molecule with two yellow spheres shown in the 3D graphic) to Glutathione
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 and keep the cell machinery running.
Here flavin adenine dinucleotide (flat molecule) another molecule that helps GSR to break glutathione disulfide bonds is juxtaposed up close to the glutathione disulfide molecule.
