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Term | glutathione metabolic process | ID (Ontology) | GO:0006749 (Gene Ontology) |
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.[ ISBN:0198506732 ] | ||
Also Known As | "glutathione metabolism" | ||
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amide metabolic process |__peptide metabolic process_______________________ cellular metabolic process | |__cellular modified amino acid metabolic process__| |__sulfur compound metabolic process_______________| organonitrogen compound metabolic process | |__peptide metabolic process_______________________| |__cellular modified amino acid metabolic process__| glutathione metabolic process 54 rec. |__ascorbate glutathione cycle |__glutathione biosynthetic process 5 rec. | |__regulation of glutathione biosynthetic process(+) |__glutathione catabolic process 7 rec. |__glutathione deglycation |
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peptide metabolic process cellular modified amino acid metabolic process sulfur compound metabolic process |
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