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Article: Research conducted at University of Padua has provided new information about enzyme research.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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According to a study from Padua, Italy, "Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is a widespread protein superfamily found in many organisms throughout all kingdoms of life. Although it was initially thought to use only glutathione as reductant, recent evidence suggests that the majority of GPxs have specificity for thioredoxin."
"We present a thorough in silico analysis performed on 724 sequences and 12 structures aimed to clarify the evolutionary, structural, and sequence determinants of GPx specificity. Structural variability was found to be limited to only two regions, termed oligomerization loop and functional helix, which modulate both reduced substrate specificity ...
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December 16, 2009 ;
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... ... colleagues, University of Padua (see also Enzyme Research). The researchers ... Colombo 3, I-35121 Padua, Italy. Publisher ... Keywords: City:Padua, Country:Italy ... Biopolymers, Dioxygenase, Enzyme Research, Enzymes This article ...
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