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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
EC Tree
1.1.3.1 created 1961, deleted 1984
1.1.3.22 created 1961 as EC 1.2.3.2, transferred 1984 to EC 1.1.3.22, modified 1989, deleted 2004
1.1.3.25 created 1986, deleted 2005
1.1.3.26 created 1989, deleted 2002
1.1.3.31 created 1992, deleted 2003
1.1.3.32 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.3.33 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.3.34 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.3.35 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.3.36 created 1999, deleted 2002
1.1.99.15 created 1978, deleted 1980
1.1.99.17 created 1982, deleted 2003
1.11.1.4 created 1961, deleted 1964, reinstated 1965 as EC 1.13.1.12, deleted 1972