| Literature DB >> 8755912 |
R G Bartsch1, G L Newton, C Sherrill, R C Fahey.
Abstract
Chromatium species produced the novel biological thiol glutathione amide, gamma-L-glutamyl-L-cysteinylglycine amide (GASH), when grown photoheterotrophically. GASH was largely converted to the corresponding perthiol during photoautotrophic growth on sulfide, suggesting that GASH may have a function in anaerobic sulfide metabolism. This unprecedented form of glutathione metabolism was probably present in anaerobic ancestors of modern cyanobacteria and purple bacteria.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8755912 PMCID: PMC178251 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4742-4746.1996
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490