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SUBMITTER: Rawat M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7278568 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rawat Mamta M Maupin-Furlow Julie A JA
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 20200505 5
Low molecular weight (LMW) thiols have many functions in bacteria and eukarya, ranging from redox homeostasis to acting as cofactors in numerous reactions, including detoxification of xenobiotic compounds. The LMW thiol, glutathione (GSH), is found in eukaryotes and many species of bacteria. Analogues of GSH include the structurally different LMW thiols: bacillithiol, mycothiol, ergothioneine, and coenzyme A. Many advances have been made in understanding the diverse and multiple functions of GSH ...[more]