Radosław Starzyk, David Aebisher and Dorota Bartusik-Aebisher
Medical College of The University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

Part of the book: The Biochemical Guide to Enzymes

Abstract

Glutaredoxins (Grxs) are small intracellular thiol enzymes that belong to reductases. They belong to the Grx system consisting of glutaredoxin, glutathione, glutathione reductase and NADPH. Glutaredoxins were discovered by Arne Holmgren, a Swedish professor of biochemistry in 1976. They were isolated from mutant Escherichia coli bacteria.

Keywords: glutaredoxins, thioredoxins, enzymes, biochemistry

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