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'''Glutathione synthetase''' (GSS) is an homo-dimeric, ATP-depending ligase responsible for the condensation of γ-Glutamylcysteine and glycine to form Glutathione (GSH) during the second step of the glutathione biosynthesis pathway <ref>PMID:19672693</ref>. '''Glutathione''' is considered to be one of the most abundant and important antioxidants present across many bacterial (cyano- and proteobacteria), and all plant & mammalian cells <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/NP_000169.1</ref>. In addition to protecting cells from the oxidative damage caused by free radicals, it is believed to be involved in the detoxification of xenobiotics, toxins in the blood, and even amino acid transport <ref>PMID:21683691</ref>.

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	'''Glutathione synthetase''' (GSS) is an homo-dimeric, ATP-depending ligase responsible for the condensation of γ-Glutamylcysteine and glycine to form Glutathione (GSH) during the second step of the glutathione biosynthesis pathway <ref>PMID:19672693</ref>. '''Glutathione''' is considered to be one of the most abundant and important antioxidants present across many bacterial (cyano- and proteobacteria), and all plant & mammalian cells <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/NP_000169.1</ref>. In addition to protecting cells from the oxidative damage caused by free radicals, it is believed to be involved in the detoxification of xenobiotics, toxins in the blood, and even amino acid transport <ref>PMID:21683691</ref>.		'''Glutathione synthetase''' (GSS) is an homo-dimeric, ATP-depending ligase responsible for the condensation of γ-Glutamylcysteine and glycine to form Glutathione (GSH) during the second step of the glutathione biosynthesis pathway <ref>PMID:19672693</ref>. '''Glutathione''' is considered to be one of the most abundant and important antioxidants present across many bacterial (cyano- and proteobacteria), and all plant & mammalian cells <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/NP_000169.1</ref>. In addition to protecting cells from the oxidative damage caused by free radicals, it is believed to be involved in the detoxification of xenobiotics, toxins in the blood, and even amino acid transport <ref>PMID:21683691</ref>.