The first and rate-limiting reaction in the formation of glutathione is catalyzed by ␥-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS), a dimer composed of a catalytic heavy and a regulatory light subunit. We previously found that heavy subunit GCS mRNA appears to be expressed at high levels in the hippocampus, c
Genotype, enzyme activity, glutathione level, and clinical phenotype in patients with glutathione synthetase deficiency
✍ Scribed by Runa Njålsson; Ellinor Ristoff; Katarina Carlsson; Andreas Winkler; Agne Larsson; Svante Norgren
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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