FUNCTION: CATALYZES THE CONVERSION OF HEMIMERCAPTAL, FORMED FROM METHYLGLYOXAL AND GLUTATHIONE, TO S-LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE. * CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: (R)-S-lactoylglutathione = glutathione + methylglyoxal. * COFACTOR: BINDS ONE ZINC ION PER MOLECULE. * PATHWAY: Glyoxal pathway. * SUBUNIT: Homodimer. * POLYMORPHISM: EXISTS IN THREE SEPARABLE ISOFORMS WHICH ORIGINATE FROM TWO ALLELES IN THE GENOME. THESE CORRESPOND TO TWO HOMODIMERS AND ONE HETERODIMER COMPOSED OF TWO SUBUNITS SHOWING DIFFERENT ELECTROPHORETIC PROPERTIES. * SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE GLYOXALASE I FAMILY. |
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