Abstract
Glutathione peroxidase (E.C. 1.11.1.9)1 shall mean the selenoenzyme catalyzing the general reaction shown in eg. 1.
The term glutathione peroxidase here is not used for the so-called “non-Se-glutathione peroxidase”2 which, in fact is a transferase catalysing inter alia the transfer of GSH to H2O2 according to eq. 2.
which is followed by the presumably non-enzymatic reaction
Glutathione peroxidase is also distinct from a similar selenoenzyme acting on hydroperoxo groups of complex lipids integrated in membranes.3
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Flohé, L. (1988). Glutathione Peroxidase. In: Simic, M.G., Taylor, K.A., Ward, J.F., von Sonntag, C. (eds) Oxygen Radicals in Biology and Medicine. Basic Life Sciences, vol 49. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5568-7_104
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