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Putative denitrosylase activity of Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Sept 2007
Okado-Matsumoto Ayako, Fridovich Irwin
Abstract excerpt
The Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) has been reported to exert an S-nitrosylated glutathione (GSNO) denitrosylase activity that was augmented by a familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS)-associated mutation in this enzyme. This putative enzymatic activity as well as the spontaneous decomposition of GSNO has been reexamined. The spontaneous decomposition of GSNO exhibited several peculiarities, such as a...
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