GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006749 - glutathione metabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006749
- Name
- glutathione metabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- 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.
