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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-7
pubmed:abstractText
A new polymorphic form of glutathione S-transferase (GST), metabolising monohalogenated methanes, ethylene oxide and dichloromethane, has been purified from human erythrocytes and characterized. Several characteristics, such as similar elution patterns on different chromatographic matrices, KM-values and activity towards antibodies, confirm a previous assumption that this novel GST is a class theta enzyme. Although the presence or absence of the enzyme activity in human red blood cells is parallel with the polymorphism of the human GST T1 gene, the new GST theta in red blood cells may differ from the known GST T1-1 enzyme from other tissues in terms of substrate specificity, since established GST T1-1 substrates [1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitro-phenoxy)propane and p-nitro-benzyl chloride] are not metabolized. The substrate specificity of the new enzyme in erythrocytes resembles more closely that of GST T2-2, most likely due to a common N-terminal modification which modifies substrate binding. The new polymorphic GST-isoform in human red blood cells therefore may be considered to represent an N-terminally modified isoform of GST T1-1.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0340-5761
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
559-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Purification and characterization of a new glutathione S-transferase, class theta, from human erythrocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Universität Dortmund, Abteilung Toxikologie, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article