title: The distribution and comparison of glutathione, glutathione reductase and glutathione S-transferase in various camel tissues.
abstract: Extracts prepared from liver, kidney, lung and brain of camel contain glutathione, glutathione S-transferase and glutathione reductase. Liver had the highest level of glutathione (218.7 mumol/g wet weight) whereas brain had the lowest level (66.4 mumol/g wet weight). The highest activity for glutathione reductase was found in the kidney (2.6 mumol/min/mg protein) while the lowest activity was found in the lung (0.9 mumol/min/mg protein). Glutathione S-transferase activity was the highest in liver (4.2 mumol/min/mg protein) and the lowest in brain (1 mumol/min/mg protein). Purified glutathione S-transferases from lung, kidney, brain and liver were similar in their molecular size, subunit composition as well as immuno-reactivity and showed some differences in their response to heat and inhibitors.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002162:Camelus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide