Glutathione and trypanothione in parasitic hydroperoxide metabolism

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 966-984

  Flohe L ^a   Hecht, H J ^b   Steinert, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free radical; Glutathione; Hydroperoxide metabolism; Peroxiredoxin; Trypanothione; Trypanothione biosynthesis; Trypanothione reductase; Tryparedoxin; Tryparedoxin peroxidase

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; SPERMIDINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRYPANOTHIONE; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; TRYPAREDOXIN; TRYPAREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; KINETOPLASTIDA; MALARIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PEROXIDASES; PEROXIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMIDINE; THIOREDOXIN;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHOMONAS; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0033230579     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00172-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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