IPR018146
Glyoxalase I, conserved site
InterPro entry
Short name | Glyoxalase_1_CS |
Description
Glyoxalase I (lactoylglutathione lyase) catalyzes the first step of the glyoxal pathway in the following reaction:
glutathione + methylglyoxal = (R)-S-lactoylglutathione
S-lactoylglutathione is then converted by glyoxalase II to lactic acid
[1]. Glyoxalase I is a ubiquitous enzyme which binds one mole of zinc per subunit. The bacterial and yeast enzymes are monomeric while the mammalian one is homodimeric. The sequence of glyoxalase I is well conserved. In bacteria and mammals the enzyme is a protein of about 130 to 180 residues while in fungi it is about twice as long. In these organisms the enzyme is built out of the tandem repeat of a homologous domain.
References
1.Human glyoxalase I. cDNA cloning, expression, and sequence similarity to glyoxalase I from Pseudomonas putida. Kim NS, Umezawa Y, Ohmura S, Kato S. J. Biol. Chem. 268, 11217-21, (1993). View articlePMID: 7684374
GO terms
biological process
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cellular component
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