A putative gluatathione peroxidase of Drosophila encodes a thioredoxin peroxidase that provides resistance against oxidative stress but fails to complement a lack of catalase activity

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 384, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 463-472

  Missirlis, Fanis ^a,e   Rahlfs, Stefan ^b   Dimopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Bauer, Holger ^c   Becker, Katja ^b   Hilliker, Arthur ^d   Phillips, John P ^d   Jäckle, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Interdisziplinares Forschungszen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Hydrogen peroxide; Oenocytes; ROS

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; PARAQUAT; PEROXIDASE; PEROXIREDOXIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL PROTECTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYPEROXIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPEROXIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PEROXIDASES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0037729054     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2003.052     Document Type: Review

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