Cysteine, the central amino acid in glutathione, contains a carbon atom that is bonded to a sulfur-hydrogen functional group
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Protein S -glutathionylation is an important post-translation modification, providing protection of protein cysteines from irreversible oxidation and, at the same time, serving to transduce a redox signal by changing structure/function of the target protein
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Article contents Abstract References Abstract Glutathione is a key intracellular antioxidant involved in redox balance, detoxification and immune support
Although alterations in Bax, Bcl-2, and caspase-3 expression strongly indicate activation of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway, mitochondrial integrity or membrane potential (m) was not directly assessed in this study