domingo, 28 de septiembre de 2014

Hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase

In enzymology, a Hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase (EC 3.1.2.6) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

(R)-S-lactoylglutathione + water glutathione + a 2-hydroxy carboxylate

Hence, this enzyme has two substrate, (R)-S-lactoylglutathione and water, and two products, glutathione and a 2-hydroxy carboxylate. With the common substrate methylglyoxal, the product is D-lactate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically the class of thioester lyases. This enzyme is commonly known as glyoxylase II. This enzyme participates in pyruvate metabolism.
References

Ball JC, Vander Jagt DL (1979). "Purification of S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase (glyoxalase II) from rat erythrocytes". Anal. Biochem. 98 (2): 472–7. doi:10.1016/0003-2697(79)90169-6. PMID 496013. 
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