FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 318-323.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201111067

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Recent Progress of Research on Gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

ZHANG Yuan-yuan1,2,ZHENG Fei-yun1,2,LI Yong-xian1,2,LI Qi1,2,*,GU Guo-xian2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University,Wuxi 214122, China ; 2. School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
  • Online:2011-06-15 Published:2011-05-13

Abstract: The current status of the research on γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GT) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is presented in this paper, especially the structure and catalytic mechanisms of γ-GT. γ-GT highly affects the amount of intracellular glutathione in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells, and plays an important role for the detoxication, resistance to environment stress, and amino acid transportation in S. cerevisiae. Now γ-GT also contains important significance in clinical medicine and the fields of agriculture and industry.

Key words: yeast, glutamyltranspeptidase, glutathione, Ycf1

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