| id | GO:0006749 Detailed information
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| name | glutathione metabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving glutathione, the tripeptide glutamylcysteinylglycine, which acts as a coenzyme for some enzymes and as an antioxidant in the protection of sulfhydryl groups in enzymes and other proteins; it has a specific role in the reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and oxidized ascorbate, and it participates in the gamma-glutamyl cycle." [CHEBI:16856, ISBN:0198506732]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| is_a | GO:0006518 ! peptide metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0006575 ! cellular modified amino acid metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0006790 ! sulfur compound metabolic process
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