glutathione disulfide

Synonyms:
  • GSSG
German: Glutathiondisulfid
Japanese: グルタチオンジスルフィド

Biochemistry. A glutathione dimer that forms when the sulfhydryl side chains of the cysteine residues of two glutathione molecules form a disulfide bond. The enzyme glutathione reductase reduces glutathione disulfide to two molecules glutathione in presence of NADPH.

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