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Rru_A0682 - NADPH-glutathione reductase

Rhodospirillum rubrum ATCC 11170

Libreros-Minotta, C.A. et al., Kessi, J.

Kessi,

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Disease relevance of Rru_A0682

Purification and characterization of glutathione reductase from Rhodospirillum rubrum [1].
Glutathione reductase (NAD(P)H:GSSG oxidoreductase EC 1.6.4.2.) was purified 1160-fold to homogeneity from the nonsulfurous purple bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum (wild type) [1].

High impact information on Rru_A0682

Various enzymic systems, such as nitrite reductase, sulfite reductase and glutathione reductase, have been proposed for, or suspected to be involved in, the reduction of selenite in bacteria [2].

References

Purification and characterization of glutathione reductase from Rhodospirillum rubrum. Libreros-Minotta, C.A., Pardo, J.P., Mendoza-Hernández, G., Rendón, J.L. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (1992) [Pubmed]
Enzymic systems proposed to be involved in the dissimilatory reduction of selenite in the purple non-sulfur bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum and Rhodobacter capsulatus. Kessi, J. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2006) [Pubmed]

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