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SUBMITTER: Mazari AMA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5600427 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biochemistry and biophysics reports 20151204
The nitroaromatic explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and the related 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) are toxic environmental pollutants. The biotransformation and detoxication of these persistent compounds in higher organisms are of great significance from a health perspective as well as for the biotechnological challenge of bioremediation of contaminated soil. We demonstrate that different human glutathione transferases (GSTs) and GSTs from the fruit fly <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> are catalysts ...[more]