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Reference Protein and Structure Sequence P00390 (1.8.1.7) (Sequence Homologues) (PDB Homologues) Biological species Homo sapiens (Human) PDB 2gh5 - Crystal Structure of human Glutathione Reductase complexed with a Fluoro-Analogue of the Menadione Derivative M5 (1.7 ) Catalytic CATH Domains 3.30.390.30 3.50.50.60 (see all for 2gh5) Cofactors Fadh2(2-) (1), Glutathione (1) Enzyme Reaction (EC:1.8.1.7) Alternative enzyme names: GSH reductase, GSSG reductase, NADPH-GSSG reductase, NADPH-glutathione reductase, NADPH:oxidized-glutathione oxidoreductase, Glutathione S-reductase, Glutathione reductase, Glutathione reductase (NADPH), Enzyme Mechanism Introduction Initially, the enzyme is in the oxidised state, with its redox active cysteines 58 and 63 forming a disulphide bond to each other
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