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Literature summary for 6.3.2.2 extracted from

  • Kang, Y.; Viswanath, V.; Jha, N.; Qiao, X.; Mo, J.Q.; Andersen, J.K.
    Brain gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthetase (GCS) mRNA expression patterns correlate with regional-specific enzyme activities and glutathione levels (1999), J. Neurosci. Res., 58, 436-441.
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Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
ATP + L-Glu + L-Cys Mus musculus first and rate-limiting step in glutathione biosynthesis ADP + phosphate + gamma-L-Glu-L-Cys
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Mus musculus
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
brain
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 Mus musculus
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brain cortex
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 Mus musculus
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cerebellum
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 Mus musculus
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hippocampus
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 Mus musculus
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additional information correlating regional-specific expression and activity pattern, levels of heavy and light subunit are similar, distribution in brain Mus musculus
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neostriatum lower levels Mus musculus
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
ATP + L-Glu + L-2-aminobutyrate
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 Mus musculus ADP + phosphate + L-Glu-2-aminobutyrate
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ATP + L-Glu + L-Cys
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 Mus musculus ADP + phosphate + gamma-L-Glu-L-Cys
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 ?
ATP + L-Glu + L-Cys first and rate-limiting step in glutathione biosynthesis Mus musculus ADP + phosphate + gamma-L-Glu-L-Cys
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
More the dimeric enzyme is composed of a heavy, catalytic subunit and a light, regulatory subunit Mus musculus

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
gamma-Glutamylcysteine synthetase
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 Mus musculus
GCS
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 Mus musculus

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
37
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 assay at Mus musculus

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8
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 assay at Mus musculus

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
ATP
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 Mus musculus