Glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate)

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glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate)
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In

enzymology, a glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate) (EC 1.8.5.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

2 glutathione + dehydroascorbate glutathione disulfide + ascorbate

Thus, the two

ascorbate
.

This enzyme belongs to the family of

glutathione metabolism
.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, two

structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 2HZE and 2HZF
.

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