Structure, function, and post-translational regulation of the catalytic and modifier subunits of glutamate cysteine ligase

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 86-98

  Franklin, Christopher C ^a   Backos, Donald S ^a   Mohar, Isaac ^b   White, Collin C ^b   Forman, Henry J ^c   Kavanagh, Terrance J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GCL; GCLC; GCLM; Glutamate cysteine ligase; Glutathione; GSH; Post translational

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CASPASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HETERODIMER; HOLOENZYME; MAGNESIUM ION; MELPHALAN; PARACETAMOL; PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

BERYLLIOSIS; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MYRISTYLATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPECIES; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 65049090510     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2008.08.009     Document Type: Review

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