Glutathione oxidase

2 glutathione + O₂ $rightleftharpoons$ glutathione disulfide + H₂O₂

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are glutathione and O₂, whereas its two products are glutathione disulfide and H₂O₂.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on a sulfur group of donors with oxygen as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glutathione:oxygen oxidoreductase. This enzyme participates in glutathione metabolism. It employs one cofactor, FAD.

References

• Kusakabe H, Kuninaka A and Yoshino H "Purification and properties of a new enzyme, glutathione oxidase from Penicillium sp.K-6-5". Agric. Biol. Chem. 46 2057–2067.

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is .

Gene Ontology (GO) codes