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Literature summary for 6.3.2.3 extracted from

  • Volohonsky, G.; Tuby, C.N.; Porat, N.; Wellman-Rousseau, M.; Visvikis, A.; Leroy, P.; Rashi, S.; Steinberg, P.; Stark, A.A.
    A spectrophotometric assay of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and glutathione synthetase in crude extracts from tissues and cultured mammalian cells (2002), Chem. Biol. Interact., 140, 49-65.
    View publication on PubMed

General Stability

General Stability Organism
glycerol is required for stabilization of the enzyme during freezing Rattus norvegicus

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
additional information no inhibition by acivicin Rattus norvegicus

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Mg2+
-
Rattus norvegicus

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
ATP + gamma-L-Glu-L-Cys + Gly Rattus norvegicus
-
ADP + phosphate + glutathione
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Rattus norvegicus
-
Sprague-Dawley rats
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
from kidney to homogeneity, partially from liver Rattus norvegicus

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
kidney
-
Rattus norvegicus
-
liver
-
Rattus norvegicus
-
M22 cell tumorigenic cell line derived from OC22 by reiterated treatment with N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine Rattus norvegicus
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OC/CDE22 cell a non-tumorigenic cell line of oval cells established from livers of rats undergoing carcinogenesis by the choline deficient/ethionine-supplemented diet for 12 weeks Rattus norvegicus
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
-
assay development, activity under different reaction conditions in rat liver Rattus norvegicus
0.0039
-
cell line OC/CDE22, GSH depleted Rattus norvegicus
0.0047
-
cell line M22 Rattus norvegicus
0.0064
-
cell line OC/CDE22 Rattus norvegicus
0.0078
-
cell line M22, GSH depleted Rattus norvegicus

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
-20°C, purified enzyme, 30% glycerol, at least 2 years stable Rattus norvegicus

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
ATP + gamma-L-Glu-L-Cys + Gly
-
Rattus norvegicus ADP + phosphate + glutathione
-
?

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
37
-
assay at Rattus norvegicus

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8
-
assay at Rattus norvegicus

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
ATP
-
Rattus norvegicus