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'''Glutathione Reductase''' (GSR) reduces glutathione disulfides (molecule with two yellow spheres shown in the 3D graphic) to <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione/1'> Glutathione </scene> | '''Glutathione Reductase''' (GSR) reduces glutathione disulfides (molecule with two yellow spheres shown in the 3D graphic) to <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione/1'> Glutathione </scene> | ||
| - | Glutathione is an anti-oxidant molecule that keeps cells in "shape". | + | Glutathione is an anti-oxidant molecule (which itself is made up of three amino acid molecules -glutamine, cystine and glycine) that keeps cells in "shape" ensuring other proteins in the cell soup don't get oxidized and keep the cell machinery running. |
| - | + | <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/7'> Here </scene> Flavin adenine dinucleotide another molecule that helps GSR to break | |
| - | Flavin adenine dinucleotide | + | |
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione_reductase Wikipedia page on GSR] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione_reductase Wikipedia page on GSR] | ||
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One of the CBI Molecules related closely to studies being carried out at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry-Biology Interface Program at UMass Amherst in the Thayumanavan Research Group and on display at the Molecular Playground.
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Glutathione Reductase (GSR) reduces glutathione disulfides (molecule with two yellow spheres shown in the 3D graphic) to
Glutathione is an anti-oxidant molecule (which itself is made up of three amino acid molecules -glutamine, cystine and glycine) that keeps cells in "shape" ensuring other proteins in the cell soup don't get oxidized and keep the cell machinery running.
Flavin adenine dinucleotide another molecule that helps GSR to break
