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Membrane-Bound γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase

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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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    Leonard L. Ross

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Meister, A., Tate, S.S., Ross, L.L. (1976). Membrane-Bound γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase. In: Martonosi, A. (eds) The Enzymes of Biological Membranes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2658-8_13

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