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GCLM

Glutamate-cysteine ligase regulatory subunit is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GCLM gene.

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GCLM
Identifiers
AliasesGCLM, GLCLR, glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit
External IDsOMIM: 601176; MGI: 104995; HomoloGene: 1557; GeneCards: GCLM; OMA:GCLM - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001308253
NM_002061

NM_008129

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001295182
NP_002052

NP_032155

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 93.89 – 93.91 MbChr 3: 122.04 – 122.06 Mb
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Glutamate-cysteine ligase regulatory subunit is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GCLM gene.56

Glutamate-cysteine ligase, also known as gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase, is the first rate limiting enzyme of glutathione synthesis. The enzyme consists of two subunits, a heavy catalytic subunit and a light regulatory subunit. Gamma glutamylcysteine synthetase deficiency has been implicated in some forms of hemolytic anemia.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000023909Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000028124Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Gipp JJ, Bailey HH, Mulcahy RT (Feb 1995). "Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA for the light subunit of human liver gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and relative mRNA levels for heavy and light subunits in human normal tissues". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 206 (2): 584–9. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.1083. PMID 7826375.
  6. "Entrez Gene: GCLM glutamate-cysteine ligase, modifier subunit".
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