ascorbate glutathione cycle
id: GO:0033355
name: ascorbate glutathione cycle
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: A cyclic series of interconversions involving L-ascorbate and glutathione that scavenges hydrogen peroxide and reduces it to water, with concomitant oxidation of NADPH.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006749 | glutathione metabolic process |
GO:0019852 | L-ascorbic acid metabolic process |
GO:0042744 | hydrogen peroxide catabolic process |