Term Information

Accession
GO:0006749
Name
glutathione metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
glutathione metabolism, oxidized glutathione reduction
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving glutathione, the tripeptide glutamylcysteinylglycine, which acts as a coenzyme for some enzymes and as an antioxidant in the protection of sulfhydryl groups in enzymes and other proteins; it has a specific role in the reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and oxidized ascorbate, and it participates in the gamma-glutamyl cycle. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006749 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of glutathione metabolic process (GO:0006749)
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glutathione metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic substance metabolic process (GO:0071704)
Children of glutathione metabolic process (GO:0006749)
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glutathione catabolic process (GO:0006751) [is_a relation] is_a  glutathione metabolic process
ascorbate glutathione cycle (GO:0033355) [is_a relation] is_a  glutathione metabolic process
glutathione biosynthetic process (GO:0006750) [is_a relation] is_a  glutathione metabolic process
glutathione deglycation (GO:0036531) [is_a relation] is_a  glutathione metabolic process
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