FUNCTION: CONJUGATION OF REDUCED GLUTATHIONE TO A WIDE NUMBER OF EXOGENOUS AND ENDOGENOUS HYDROPHOBIC ELECTROPHILES. MAY GOVERN UPTAKE AND DETOXIFICATION OF BOTH ENDOGENOUS COMPOUNDS AND XENOBIOTICS AT THE TESTIS AND BRAIN BLOOD BARRIERS. * CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: RX + glutathione = HX + R-S-glutathione. * SUBUNIT: Homodimer. * SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasmic. * TISSUE SPECIFICITY: THIS IS A TESTIS/BRAIN ISOZYME. * PTM: The N-terminus is blocked. * SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE GST SUPERFAMILY. MU FAMILY. |
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