glutathione metabolic process
id: GO:0006749
name: glutathione metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006750 | glutathione biosynthetic process |
| GO:0006751 | glutathione catabolic process |
| GO:0033355 | ascorbate glutathione cycle |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006518 | peptide metabolic process |
| GO:0006575 | cellular modified amino acid metabolic process |
| GO:0006790 | sulfur compound metabolic process |
