Glutathione and glutathione metabolizing enzymes in yeasts

✍ Scribed by Enrico Casalone; Carmine Ilio; Giorgio Federici; Mario Polsinelli

• Book ID: 104753685
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 434 KB
• Volume: 54
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6072
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00393527

✦ Synopsis

Total glutathione content, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione transferase and glutathione reductase activities have been measured in 12 species Of yeasts. All the strains tested contained glutathione, though in different amounts, as well as the above mentioned enzymes. To discriminate between the selenium-dependent and the selenium-independent form, glutathione peroxidase activity has been measured with both H:O2 and cumene hydroperoxide. Rhodotorula glutinis appeared to be the only strain in which the selenium-dependent form was not found, but this yeast exhibited the highest level of selenium-independent glutathione peroxidase activity as compared to the other strains.