GLUTATHIONE


Meaning of GLUTATHIONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌglü-tə-ˈthī-ˌōn ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gluta- (from glutamic acid ) + thi- + -one

Date: 1921

: a peptide C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S that contains one amino-acid residue each of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, that occurs widely in plant and animal tissues, and that plays an important role in biological oxidation-reduction processes and as a coenzyme

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