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Y Bao1, P Jemth, B Mannervik, G Williamson.
Abstract
Thymine hydroperoxide (5-hydroperoxymethyluracil), a model compound representing products of oxidative damage to DNA, is a substrate for glutathione peroxidase and some isoforms of glutathione transferase. In this paper, we show that selenium-dependent human phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (Se-PHGPx) exhibits about four orders of magnitude higher activity on thymine hydroperoxide than that of other human enzymes such as selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase and various representatives of glutathione transferases. The results indicate that Se-PHGPx may be an important enzyme in repairing oxidatively damaged DNA.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9237631 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00591-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124