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- noun biochemistry Any of a family of small
redox enzymes that useglutathione as acofactor
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So far, UF researchers have pinpointed one, a gene involved in production of glutaredoxin, a protein that helps plants deal with environmental stress.
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So far, UF researchers have pinpointed one, a gene involved in production of glutaredoxin, a protein that helps plants deal with environmental stress.
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That intermediary is a human protein called GRX2, a glutaredoxin that helps cells deal with oxidative damage on other proteins.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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Bacteria also face to oxidative stress, as indicated by the increase expression of phbC (poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate polymerase), trxB2 (thioredoxin) and grxC1 (glutaredoxin).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Patricia Renesto et al. 2008
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a GSH-mixed disulfide mechanism for glutaredoxin catalysis in contrast to the dithiol mechanism for thioredoxin.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue F. Z. Avval 2009
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GTO3 encodes an omega class glutathione-S-transferase having glutaredoxin activity, which is suggested to maintain an adequate redox state of specific target proteins, not in the general defense against oxidative stress [
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