L-Glutathione reduced

Melting point: 192-195 °C (dec.) (lit.).

Application.
Glutathione S-transferase (GST) can be eluted from glutathione agarose with 5-10mM.

Biochemical / physiological behavior.
An endogenous antioxidant that plays a major role in reducing reactive oxygen species formed during cell metabolism and respiratory bursts. Glutathione-S-transferase catalyzes the formation of glutathione sulfide by heterobiotin, leukotriene and other molecules with electrophilic centers. Glutathione also forms disulfide bonds with cysteine residues in the protein. Through these mechanisms, it may have a strange effect of reducing the efficacy of anticancer agents.

Amino acid sequence.
Gamma-Glu-Cys-Gly