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Preferred term

gamma-Glutamyltransferase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • gammaglutamyltransferase
  • gamma Glutamyl Transpeptidase
  • gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase
  • GGTP
  • Glutamyl Transpeptidase
  • Transpeptidase, gamma-Glutamyl
  • Transpeptidase, Glutamyl

Note

  • do not confuse with PROTEIN-GLUTAMINE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASES or GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASES see TRANSGLUTAMINASES which crosslinks proteins nor with GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYCLOTRANSFERASE

Scope note

  • An enzyme, sometimes called GGT, with a key role in the synthesis and degradation of GLUTATHIONE; (GSH, a tripeptide that protects cells from many toxins). It catalyzes the transfer of the gamma-glutamyl moiety to an acceptor amino acid.

History note

  • 84; was GLUTAMYL TRANSPEPTIDASE 1972-83

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005723

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