glutathione metabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways involving glutathione, the tripeptide glutamylcysteinylglycine, which acts as a coenzyme for some enzymes and as an antioxidant in the protection of sulfhydryl groups in enzymes and other proteins; it has a specific role in the reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and oxidized ascorbate, and it participates in the gamma-glutamyl cycle.
GO:0006575
modified amino acid metabolic process
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GO:0006790
sulfur compound metabolic process
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glutathione metabolism
exact
oxidized glutathione reduction
narrow
SPBC31F10.03 SPBC1198.08 SPAC11D3.15 SPCC737.06c SPAC3F10.04 SPAC22F3.10c SPBC17A3.07 SPCC757.05c SPAC11D3.14c SPAC688.04c SPAC664.09 SPAC56E4.06c