Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10803953 Biochimie 2012 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Glutathione synthetase promotes the reduction of arsenate to the more toxic arsenite. ► GS facilitates arsenate reduction by catalyzing the arsenolysis of glutathione. ► Arsenolysis of GSH yields ADP-arsenate. ► Arsenic in ADP-arsenate is readily reduced to arsenite by glutathione.
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Glutathione synthetase promotes the reduction of arsenate via arsenolysis of glutathione
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