Glutathione peroxidase
Enzyme family protecting the organism from oxidative damages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) (EC 1.11.1.9) is the general name of an enzyme family with peroxidase activity whose main biological role is to protect the organism from oxidative damage.[2] The biochemical function of glutathione peroxidase is to reduce lipid hydroperoxides to their corresponding alcohols and to reduce free hydrogen peroxide to water.[3]
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EC no. | 1.11.1.9 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 9013-66-5 | ||||||||
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MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
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