Unusual production of glutathione in Actinobacteria.
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SUBMITTER: Johnson T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2605195 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
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Unusual production of glutathione in Actinobacteria.
Johnson Todd T Newton Gerald L GL Fahey Robert C RC Rawat Mamta M
Archives of microbiology 20080822 1
Most Actinobacteria produce mycothiol as the major thiol. In addition to mycothiol Rhodococcus AD45 generates a substantial level of glutathione possibly using genes acquired in a lateral transfer. Instead of mycothiol, Rubrobacter radiotolerans and Rubrobacter xylanophilus produce glutathione, whose synthesis appears to involve enzymes substantially different from those in other organisms. ...[more]
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