Carmen A Contreras-Vergara
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Contreras-Vergara C, Valenzuela-Soto E, Arvizu-Flores A, Sotelo-Mundo R, Yepiz-Plascencia G
Biochimie
. 2008 Mar;
90(6):968-71.
PMID: 18314012
Y6 and Y115 are key amino acids involved in enzyme-substrate interactions in mu-class glutathione S-transferase (GST). They provide electrophilic assistance and stabilize substrates through their hydroxyl groups. Two site-directed mutants...
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Contreras-Vergara C, Valenzuela-Soto E, Garcia-Orozco K, Sotelo-Mundo R, Yepiz-Plascencia G
J Biochem Mol Toxicol
. 2007 Apr;
21(2):62-7.
PMID: 17427177
Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are a family of detoxifying enzymes that catalyze the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) to electrophiles, thereby increasing the solubility of GSH and aiding its excretion from the...
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Contreras-Vergara C, Harris-Valle C, Sotelo-Mundo R, Yepiz-Plascencia G
J Biochem Mol Toxicol
. 2004 Nov;
18(5):245-52.
PMID: 15549710
A cDNA clone coding for a mu-class glutathione S-transferase (GST) was isolated from a hepatopancreas cDNA library from the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. The deduced amino acid sequence (215 amino acids)...