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. 2014 May 27;111(21):7505-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1405665111. Epub 2014 May 14.

Persulfides and the cellular thiol landscape

Katrina M Miranda  1 , David A Wink  2
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Persulfides and the cellular thiol landscape

Katrina M Miranda et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Enzymes and biochemistry involved in persulfide and H2S cross-talk. Exogenous sources include the microbiome, diet, environmental exposure, or H2S-producing compounds. Abbreviations: Cys, cysteine; CysSS−, cysteine persulfide; CysSSCys, cystine; CBS, cystathionine β-synthase; CSE, cystathionine γ lyase; ETHE1, persulfide dioxygenase; GCL, γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase or glutamate cysteine ligase; GSH, glutathione; GSS−, glutathione persulfide; GSS, glutathione synthetase; Hcy, homocysteine; Met, methionine; MPST, 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase; RSS−, persulfide; ROS, reactive oxygen species; SAH, S-adenosyl homocysteine; SAM, S-adenosyl methionine; SQR, sulfide quinone reductase.
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