id | GO:0006749   Detailed information |
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  name | glutathione metabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  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 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  synonym | "glutathione metabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "oxidized glutathione reduction" NARROW [] |
  is_a | GO:0006518 ! peptide metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0006575 ! cellular modified amino acid metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0006790 ! sulfur compound metabolic process |
  DPGLEAN00443
  DPGLEAN00488
  DPGLEAN04395
  DPGLEAN16702