title: Purification by affinity chromatography of yeast glutathione reductase, the enzyme responsible for the NADPH-dependent reduction of the mixed disulfide of coenzyme A and glutathione.
abstract: Glutathione reductase (NAD(P)H : oxidised-glutathione oxidoreductase, EC 1.6.4.2) was purified from baker's yeast by a new procedure involving affinity chromatography on 2',5'-ADP-Sepharose 4B. The yield was 65% of essentially homogeneous enzyme. The activity was assayed with both glutathione disulfide (GSSG) and the mixed disulfide of coenzyme A and glutathione (CoAssg). The two disulfide substrates gave coinciding activity profiles and a constant ratio of the activities in different chromatographic and electrophoretic systems. No evidence was obtained for the existence of a reductase specific for CoASSG distinct from glutathione reductase. It is concluded that normal baker's yeast contains a single reductase active with both GSSG and CoASSG.
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003065:Coenzyme A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005978:Glutathione; D003065:Coenzyme A