IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 6.3.1.9

Accepted name: trypanothione synthase

Reaction: glutathione + glutathionylspermidine + ATP = N1,N8-bis(glutathionyl)spermidine + ADP + phosphate

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Glossary: spermidine

Systematic name: glutathionylspermidine:glutathione ligase (ADP-forming)

Comments: involved in the synthesis of trypanothione in trypanosomatids

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, CAS registry number: 130246-69-4

References:

1. Smith, K., Nadeau, K., Bradley, M., Walsh, C.T., Fairlamb, A.H. Purification of glutathionyl spermidine and trypanothione synthase from Crithidia fasciculata. Protein Sci. 1 (1992) 874-883. [PMID: 1304372]

[EC 6.3.1.9 created 1999]


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