glutathione

Modified yeast efficiently synthesizes glutathione

The metabolic engineering of Huazhong Agricultural University has modified yeast to efficiently synthesize glutathione Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide thiol that plays a key role in cellular REDOX regulation and holds significant value in the fields of medicine and nutritional health products. The traditional methods for extracting glutathione have many limitations, and the development of…

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Efficient recovery of heavy metals and selenium from wastewater using granular sludge: the key role of glutathione (GSH)

Recovery of heavy metals and selenium: a key role for glutathione

Efficient recovery of heavy metals and selenium from wastewater using granular sludge: the key role of glutathione (GSH) Research background Heavy metals, including copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn), are highly toxic and persistent pollutants that have significant environmental and health impacts. And these elements are difficult to get out of the…

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The king of antioxidants, glutathione

Glutathione is the king of antioxidants

Glutathione’s amazing bioactive tripeptide Glutathione (GSH) is a bioactive tripeptide made from the dehydrated condensation of L-glutamic acid, glycine, and L-cysteine by peptide bonding. First discovered by Hopkins in 1921, glutathione contains a large number of gamma-glutamyl and sulfhydryl bioactive groups. Reduced form (GSH) and oxidized form (GSSG) are the two forms of glutathione that…

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Cell metabolism

Fat cells secrete glutathione to promote breast cancer

yesterday, Ke Li and Zhuorong Li, Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, jointly published a paper “Adipocyte-derived glutathione promotes obesity-related breast cancer by Cell metabolism” regulating the SCARB2-ARF1-mTORC1 complex “, which discovered the role of glutathione (GSH) in obesity-related breast cancer. Obesity is an important risk factor for breast cancer, however the…

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Engineering Escherichia coli for efficient glutathione production

Modified Escherichia coli produced record glutathione

What is glutathione? Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide composed of glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine that has a wide range of applications in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries. At present, traditional industrial production methods mainly rely on yeast fermentation process to synthesize, but this process has some limitations, glutathione will accumulate in yeast cells,…

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Health benefits of glutathione

Health benefits of glutathione

Glutathione is an active tripeptide formed by the condensation of glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine by peptide bond. GSH is widely found in animal liver, blood, yeast and wheat germ, and a small amount is also distributed in plant tissues such as vegetables. Glutathione has unique physiological functions and is known as longevity factor and…

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