C-terminal, alpha helical domain of the Glutathione S-transferase family; Glutathione S-transferase (GST) family, C-terminal alpha helical domain; a large, diverse group of cytosolic dimeric proteins involved in cellular detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with a wide range of endogenous and xenobiotic alkylating agents, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress. In addition, GSTs also show GSH peroxidase activity and are involved in the synthesis of prostaglandins and leukotrienes. This family, also referred to as soluble GSTs, is the largest family of GSH transferases and is only distantly related to the mitochondrial GSTs (GSTK). Soluble GSTs bear no structural similarity to microsomal GSTs (MAPEG family) and display additional activities unique to their group, such as catalyzing thiolysis, reduction and isomerization of certain compounds. The GST fold contains an N-terminal thioredoxin-fold domain and a C-terminal alpha helical domain, with an active site located in a cleft between the two domains. GSH binds to the N-terminal domain while the hydrophobic substrate occupies a pocket in the C-terminal domain. Based on sequence similarity, different classes of GSTs have been identified, which display varying tissue distribution, substrate specificities and additional specific activities. In humans, GSTs display polymorphisms which may influence individual susceptibility to diseases such as cancer, arthritis, allergy and sclerosis. Some GST family members with non-GST functions include glutaredoxin 2, the CLIC subfamily of anion channels, prion protein Ure2p, crystallins, metaxins, stringent starvation protein A, and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.

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                 ....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|
gi 300360567 108 YERARQKMLLELFCKI-------------------------------LEYQNTTFFGGTCISMIDYLLWPWFERLDVYGI 156
Cdd:cd03184    1 YEKAQQKMLIERFSKVpsafykflrsgedrkglkeelrsalenleeeLAKRGTPFFGGNSPGMVDYMIWPWFERLEALKL 80

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                 ....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....
gi 300360567 157 L----DCVSHTPALRLWISAMKWDPTVCALLMDKSIFQGFLNLY 196
Cdd:cd03184   81 LdgyeLCLDRFPKLKKWMAAMKQDPAVKAFYTDPETHAEFLNSY 124

C-terminal, alpha helical domain of Class Omega Glutathione S-transferases; Glutathione S-transferase (GST) C-terminal domain family, Class Omega subfamily; GSTs are cytosolic dimeric proteins involved in cellular detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with a wide range of endogenous and xenobiotic alkylating agents, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress. The GST fold contains an N-terminal thioredoxin-fold domain and a C-terminal alpha helical domain, with an active site located in a cleft between the two domains. GSH binds to the N-terminal domain while the hydrophobic substrate occupies a pocket in the C-terminal domain. Class Omega GSTs show little or no GSH-conjugating activity towards standard GST substrates. Instead, they catalyze the GSH dependent reduction of protein disulfides, dehydroascorbate and monomethylarsonate, activities which are more characteristic of glutaredoxins. They contain a conserved cysteine equivalent to the first cysteine in the CXXC motif of glutaredoxins, which is a redox active residue capable of reducing GSH mixed disulfides in a monothiol mechanism. Polymorphisms of the class Omega GST genes may be associated with the development of some types of cancer and the age-at-onset of both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

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                 ....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|
gi 300360567 108 YERARQKMLLELFCKI-------------------------------LEYQNTTFFGGTCISMIDYLLWPWFERLDVYGI 156
Cdd:cd03184    1 YEKAQQKMLIERFSKVpsafykflrsgedrkglkeelrsalenleeeLAKRGTPFFGGNSPGMVDYMIWPWFERLEALKL 80

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                 ....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....
gi 300360567 157 L----DCVSHTPALRLWISAMKWDPTVCALLMDKSIFQGFLNLY 196
Cdd:cd03184   81 LdgyeLCLDRFPKLKKWMAAMKQDPAVKAFYTDPETHAEFLNSY 124

Glutathione S-transferase, N-terminal domain;

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gi 300360567   27 YSMRFCPYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNINLRNKPEWYYTKHPFGHIPVLETSQcQLIYESVIACEYLDDAYPGRK 101
Cdd:pfam13417   2 YGFPGSPYARRVRIALNEKGLPYEFVPIPPGDHPPELLAKNPLGKVPVLEDDG-GILCESLAIIDYLEELYPGPP 75

C-terminal, alpha helical domain of Class Omega Glutathione S-transferases; Glutathione S-transferase (GST) C-terminal domain family, Class Omega subfamily; GSTs are cytosolic dimeric proteins involved in cellular detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with a wide range of endogenous and xenobiotic alkylating agents, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress. The GST fold contains an N-terminal thioredoxin-fold domain and a C-terminal alpha helical domain, with an active site located in a cleft between the two domains. GSH binds to the N-terminal domain while the hydrophobic substrate occupies a pocket in the C-terminal domain. Class Omega GSTs show little or no GSH-conjugating activity towards standard GST substrates. Instead, they catalyze the GSH dependent reduction of protein disulfides, dehydroascorbate and monomethylarsonate, activities which are more characteristic of glutaredoxins. They contain a conserved cysteine equivalent to the first cysteine in the CXXC motif of glutaredoxins, which is a redox active residue capable of reducing GSH mixed disulfides in a monothiol mechanism. Polymorphisms of the class Omega GST genes may be associated with the development of some types of cancer and the age-at-onset of both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

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gi 300360567 108 YERARQKMLLELFCKI-------------------------------LEYQNTTFFGGTCISMIDYLLWPWFERLDVYGI 156
Cdd:cd03184    1 YEKAQQKMLIERFSKVpsafykflrsgedrkglkeelrsalenleeeLAKRGTPFFGGNSPGMVDYMIWPWFERLEALKL 80

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                 ....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....
gi 300360567 157 L----DCVSHTPALRLWISAMKWDPTVCALLMDKSIFQGFLNLY 196
Cdd:cd03184   81 LdgyeLCLDRFPKLKKWMAAMKQDPAVKAFYTDPETHAEFLNSY 124

Glutathione S-transferase, N-terminal domain;

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gi 300360567   27 YSMRFCPYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNINLRNKPEWYYTKHPFGHIPVLETSQcQLIYESVIACEYLDDAYPGRK 101
Cdd:pfam13417   2 YGFPGSPYARRVRIALNEKGLPYEFVPIPPGDHPPELLAKNPLGKVPVLEDDG-GILCESLAIIDYLEELYPGPP 75

Glutathione S-transferase (GST) family, N-terminal domain; a large, diverse group of cytosolic dimeric proteins involved in cellular detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with a wide range of endogenous and xenobiotic alkylating agents, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress. In addition, GSTs also show GSH peroxidase activity and are involved in the synthesis of prostaglandins and leukotrienes. This family, also referred to as soluble GSTs, is the largest family of GSH transferases and is only distantly related to the mitochondrial GSTs (GSTK subfamily, a member of the DsbA family). Soluble GSTs bear no structural similarity to microsomal GSTs (MAPEG family) and display additional activities unique to their group, such as catalyzing thiolysis, reduction and isomerization of certain compounds. The GST fold contains an N-terminal TRX-fold domain and a C-terminal alpha helical domain, with an active site located in a cleft between the two domains. Based on sequence similarity, different classes of GSTs have been identified, which display varying tissue distribution, substrate specificities and additional specific activities. In humans, GSTs display polymorphisms which may influence individual susceptibility to diseases such as cancer, arthritis, allergy and sclerosis. Some GST family members with non-GST functions include glutaredoxin 2, the CLIC subfamily of anion channels, prion protein Ure2p, crystallins, metaxin 2 and stringent starvation protein A.

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gi 300360567  24 IRIYSMRFCPYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNINLRNKPEWYYTK-HPFGHIPVLETSQCQlIYESVIACEYLD 94
Cdd:cd00570    1 LKLYYFPGSPRSLRVRLALEEKGLPYELVPVDLGEGEQEEFLAlNPLGKVPVLEDGGLV-LTESLAILEYLA 71

Glutathione S-transferase, N-terminal domain; Function: conjugation of reduced glutathione to a variety of targets. Also included in the alignment, but not GSTs: S-crystallins from squid (similarity to GST previously noted); eukaryotic elongation factors 1-gamma (not known to have GST activity and similarity not previously recognized); HSP26 family of stress-related proteins including auxin-regulated proteins in plants and stringent starvation proteins in E. coli (not known to have GST activity and similarity not previously recognized). The glutathione molecule binds in a cleft between the N- and C-terminal domains - the catalytically important residues are proposed to reside in the N-terminal domain.

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gi 300360567   24 IRIYSMRFCPYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNINL---RNKPEWYYTKHPFGHIPVLETsQCQLIYESVIACEYLDD 95
Cdd:pfam02798   3 LTLYGIRGSPRAHRIRWLLAEKGVEYEIVPLDFgagPEKSPELLKLNPLGKVPALED-GGKKLTESRAILEYIAR 76

glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate)

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                 ....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|....*....|
gi 300360567  32 CPYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNINLRNKPEWYYTKHPFGHIPVLETSQcQLIYESVIACEYLDDAYP------------- 98
Cdd:PLN02817  73 CPFCQRVLLTLEEKHLPYDMKLVDLTNKPEWFLKISPEGKVPVVKLDE-KWVADSDVITQALEEKYPdpplatppekasv 151

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gi 300360567  99 GRKLFPY--------DPYERARQKMLLEL--FCKILEyQNTTFFGGTCISMIDYLLWPWFERLDV 153
Cdd:PLN02817 152 GSKIFSTfigflkskDPGDGTEQALLDELtsFDDYIK-ENGPFINGEKISAADLSLGPKLYHLEI 215

stringent starvation protein A; Provisional

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gi 300360567  34 YSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNINLRNKPEWYYTKHPFGHIPVLETSQCQLiYESVIACEYLDDAYPGRKLFPYDPYERARQ 113
Cdd:PRK09481  21 YSHQVRIVLAEKGVSVEIEQVEKDNLPQDLIDLNPYQSVPTLVDRELTL-YESRIIMEYLDERFPHPPLMPVYPVARGES 99

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gi 300360567 114 KMLL 117
Cdd:PRK09481 100 RLMM 103

GST_N family, Class Tau subfamily; GSTs are cytosolic dimeric proteins involved in cellular detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with a wide range of endogenous and xenobiotic alkylating agents, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress. The GST fold contains an N-terminal TRX-fold domain and a C-terminal alpha helical domain, with an active site located in a cleft between the two domains. The plant-specific class Tau GST subfamily has undergone extensive gene duplication. The Arabidopsis and Oryza genomes contain 28 and 40 Tau GSTs, respectively. They are primarily responsible for herbicide detoxification together with class Phi GSTs, showing class specificity in substrate preference. Tau enzymes are highly efficient in detoxifying diphenylether and aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides. In addition, Tau GSTs play important roles in intracellular signalling, biosynthesis of anthocyanin, responses to soil stresses and responses to auxin and cytokinin hormones.

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gi 300360567  33 PYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNINLRNKPEWYYTKHP-FGHIPVLETSQCQlIYESVIACEYLDDAY 97
Cdd:cd03058   10 PFVLRVRIALALKGVPYEYVEEDLGNKSELLLASNPvHKKIPVLLHNGKP-ICESLIIVEYIDEAW 74

GST_N family, unknown subfamily 3; composed of uncharacterized bacterial proteins with similarity to GSTs. GSTs are cytosolic dimeric proteins involved in cellular detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with a wide range of endogenous and xenobiotic alkylating agents, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress. GSTs also show GSH peroxidase activity and are involved in the synthesis of prostaglandins and leukotrienes. The GST fold contains an N-terminal TRX-fold domain and a C-terminal alpha helical domain, with an active site located in a cleft between the two domains.

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gi 300360567  33 PYSHRTRLVL--KAKDIRHEVVNINLRNKPEWYYTKHPFGHIPVLETSQCQLIYESVIACEYLD 94
Cdd:cd03049   10 PYVRKVRVAAheTGLGDDVELVLVNPWSDDESLLAVNPLGKIPALVLDDGEALFDSRVICEYLD 73

Glutaredoxin;

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gi 300360567   24 IRIYSMRFCPYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNI 54
Cdd:pfam00462   1 VVLYTKPTCPFCKRAKRLLKSLGVDFEEIDV 31

GST_N family, unknown subfamily 4; composed of uncharacterized bacterial proteins with similarity to GSTs. GSTs are cytosolic dimeric proteins involved in cellular detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with a wide range of endogenous and xenobiotic alkylating agents, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress. GSTs also show GSH peroxidase activity and are involved in the synthesis of prostaglandins and leukotrienes. The GST fold contains an N-terminal TRX-fold domain and a C-terminal alpha helical domain, with an active site located in a cleft between the two domains.

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gi 300360567  24 IRIYSMRFCPYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNINLRN---KPEWYYTKHPFGHIPVLETSQCQLiYESVIACEYL 93
Cdd:cd03056    1 MKLYGFPLSGNCYKVRLLLALLGIPYEWVEVDILKgetRTPEFLALNPNGEVPVLELDGRVL-AESNAILVYL 72

C-terminal, alpha helical domain of the Glutathione S-transferase family; Glutathione S-transferase (GST) family, C-terminal alpha helical domain; a large, diverse group of cytosolic dimeric proteins involved in cellular detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with a wide range of endogenous and xenobiotic alkylating agents, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs, environmental toxins and products of oxidative stress. In addition, GSTs also show GSH peroxidase activity and are involved in the synthesis of prostaglandins and leukotrienes. This family, also referred to as soluble GSTs, is the largest family of GSH transferases and is only distantly related to the mitochondrial GSTs (GSTK). Soluble GSTs bear no structural similarity to microsomal GSTs (MAPEG family) and display additional activities unique to their group, such as catalyzing thiolysis, reduction and isomerization of certain compounds. The GST fold contains an N-terminal thioredoxin-fold domain and a C-terminal alpha helical domain, with an active site located in a cleft between the two domains. GSH binds to the N-terminal domain while the hydrophobic substrate occupies a pocket in the C-terminal domain. Based on sequence similarity, different classes of GSTs have been identified, which display varying tissue distribution, substrate specificities and additional specific activities. In humans, GSTs display polymorphisms which may influence individual susceptibility to diseases such as cancer, arthritis, allergy and sclerosis. Some GST family members with non-GST functions include glutaredoxin 2, the CLIC subfamily of anion channels, prion protein Ure2p, crystallins, metaxins, stringent starvation protein A, and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.

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gi 300360567  97 YPGRKLFPYDPYERARQKMLLELFCKILE--YQNTTFFGGTCISMIDYLLWPWFERLDVYG-ILDCVSHTPALRLWISAM 173
Cdd:cd00299   21 YLEKVPLPKDEAAVEAAREELPALLAALEqlLAGRPYLAGDQFSLADVALAPVLARLEALGpYYDLLDEYPRLKAWYDRL 100

Glutaredoxin (GRX) family; composed of GRX, approximately 10 kDa in size, and proteins containing a GRX or GRX-like domain. GRX is a glutathione (GSH) dependent reductase, catalyzing the disulfide reduction of target proteins such as ribonucleotide reductase. It contains a redox active CXXC motif in a TRX fold and uses a similar dithiol mechanism employed by TRXs for intramolecular disulfide bond reduction of protein substrates. Unlike TRX, GRX has preference for mixed GSH disulfide substrates, in which it uses a monothiol mechanism where only the N-terminal cysteine is required. The flow of reducing equivalents in the GRX system goes from NADPH -> GSH reductase -> GSH -> GRX -> protein substrates. By altering the redox state of target proteins, GRX is involved in many cellular functions including DNA synthesis, signal transduction and the defense against oxidative stress. Different classes are known including human GRX1 and GRX2, as well as E. coli GRX1 and GRX3, which are members of this family. E. coli GRX2, however, is a 24-kDa protein that belongs to the GSH S-transferase (GST) family.

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gi 300360567  24 IRIYSMRFCPYSHRTRLVLKAKDIRHEVVNIN 55
Cdd:cd02066    2 VVVFSKSTCPYCKRAKRLLESLGIEFEEIDIL 33