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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'/> | ||
'''Glutathione Reductase''' <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'> (GSR)</scene> 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 (has only one yellow sphere) | '''Glutathione Reductase''' <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'> (GSR)</scene> 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 and keep the cell machinery running. | 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. | ||
