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JBC, Vol. 254, Issue 13, 5573-5575, Jul, 1979

Conversion of glutathione to glutathione disulfide, a catalytic function of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase

S. S. Tate and J. Orlando

A purification procedure, based on that previously used for rat kidney gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, was used for the purification of glutathione oxidase (which converts glutathione to gluthathione disulfide). The two activities co-purified, the ratio of the activities remaining constant through all steps of the isolation procedure. The purified enzyme was separable into 12 isozymic species by isoelectric focusing. All 12 isozymes exhibited a constant ratio of transpeptidase to glutathione oxidase activities, strongly supporting the conclusion that conversion of glutathione to glutathione disulfide is a catalytic function of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. Modulation of oxidase activity by inhibitors and acceptor substrates of transpeptidase is discussed in relation to the possible glutathione binding sites involved in gamma-glutamyl transfer and oxidase activities of the enzyme.
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