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EC 1.11.1.9 Details
EC number
1.11.1.9
Accepted name
glutathione peroxidase
Reaction
2 glutathione + H2O2 = glutathione disulfide + 2 H2O
Other name(s)
GSH peroxidase, selenium-glutathione peroxidase, reduced glutathione peroxidase
Systematic name
glutathione:hydrogen-peroxide oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
9013-66-5
Comment
A protein containing a selenocysteine residue. Steroid and lipid hydroperoxides, but not the product of reaction of EC 1.13.11.12 lipoxygenase on phospholipids, can act as acceptor, but more slowly than H2O2 (cf. EC 1.11.1.12 phospholipid-hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase).
History
created 1965, modified 1989
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