Membrane-Bound γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase

  • Alton Meister
  • Suresh S. Tate
  • Leonard L. Ross
Chapter

Abstract

γ-Glutamyl transpeptidase is a membrane-bound enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of the γ-glutamyl moiety of glutathione (and of other γ-glutamyl compounds) to amino acid (and peptide) acceptors as indicated in reaction (1):
$$ glutathione + a\min o\,acid \to \gamma - glutamyl\,a\min o\,acid + cysteinyl\,glycine $$
(1)
This reaction is the first step in a quantitatively significant pathway of glutathione metabolism, and it has been postulated that this or analogous reactions are involved in amino acid transport. Thus, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase mediates the translocation of the amino acid across the cell membrane by interacting with both extracellular amino acid and intracellular glutathione (or other compounds that contain the γ-glutamyl carrier); according to this idea, the amino acid enters the cell as a γ-glutamyl amino acid.

Keywords

Amino Acid Transport Anterior Horn Cell Mercapturic Acid Glutathione Synthetase Cysteinyl Glycine 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Alton Meister
    • 1
  • Suresh S. Tate
    • 1
  • Leonard L. Ross
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of BiochemistryCornell University Medical CollegeNew YorkUSA
  2. 2.Department of AnatomyThe Medical College of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUSA

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