Utilization of glutathione as an exogenous sulfur source is independent of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Evidence for an alternative gluathione degradation pathway

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-194

  Kumar, Chitranshu ^a   Sharma, Rakesh ^a,b   Bachhawat, Anand Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Degradation; Glutathione; Turnover; Glutamyl transpeptidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037469571     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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