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Cadmium-inducible expression of the yeast GSH1 gene requires a functional sulfur-amino acid regulatory network.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 20 Oct 2000
Dormer U H, Westwater J, McLaren N F, Kent N A, Mellor J, Jamieson D J
Abstract excerpt
Glutathione (gamma-l-glutamyl-l-cysteinylglycine) is an important antioxidant molecule, helping to buffer the cell against free radicals and toxic electrophiles. Expression of the yeast GSH1 gene, encoding the first enzyme involved in glutathione biosynthesis, gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase, is regulated by oxidants and the heavy metal cadmium at the level of transcription. We present evidence that the...
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