Identification of mu-class glutathione transferases M2-2 and M3-3 as cytosolic prostaglandin E synthases in the human brain

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 733-738

  Beuckmann, Carsten T ^a   Fujimori, Ko ^a,b   Urade, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Hayaishi, Osamu ^a  

^a OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual function; GSTM2 2; GSTM3 3; Molecular cloning; Prostaglandin E2; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSOL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033917994     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007579507804     Document Type: Article

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