glutathione s-transferase antioxidant transferases: substrates, inihibitors and pro-drugs in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases A) The antioxidant role of

They are a dynamic equilibrium process catalyzed by an enzyme called glutathione reductase (GR)

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However, if the cysteine residue is essential, then S-glutathionylation may disrupt critical protein functions and lead to compromised cellular activities (59), such as is the case with the transcription factor, NF-B

That is especially important when the final conjugate must function as a metabolite standard, a mechanistic tool for covalent drug studies, a transporter or mercapturate-pathway probe, or a tagged glutathione derivative for assay development