User:Reuben Chacko
From Proteopedia
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
{{Clear}} | {{Clear}} | ||
<applet load='1GRE' size='[350,338]' frame='true' align='right' | <applet load='1GRE' size='[350,338]' frame='true' align='right' | ||
| - | caption='GSR with substrate | + | caption='GSR with substrate glutathione disulfide and FAD cofactor' scene='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_reductase/6'/> |
| - | + | ||
| - | '''Glutathione Reductase''' (GSR) reduces glutathione | + | '''Glutathione Reductase''' (GSR) reduces <scene name='User:Reuben_Chacko/Glutathione_disulfide/1'>glutathione disulfide</scene> (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 (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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 1 May 2010
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.
|
Glutathione Reductase (GSR) reduces (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 (flat molecule) another molecule that helps GSR to break glutathione disulfide bonds is juxtaposed up close to the glutathione disulfide molecule.
