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. 1971 Feb;121(4):667–672. doi: 10.1042/bj1210667

The reaction of aralkyl sulphate esters with glutathione catalysed by rat liver preparations

B Gillham 1
PMCID: PMC1176644  PMID: 5114977

Abstract

1. Rat liver supernatant preparations catalyse the reactions of some aralkyl sulphate esters with GSH to yield S-aralkylglutathione derivatives. 2. A glutathione S-transferase that catalyses these reactions has been purified 16-fold. 3. The purified enzyme preparation catalyses the release of sulphate ions from benzyl sulphate, 1-menaphthyl (naphth-1-ylmethyl) sulphate and phenanthr-9-ylmethyl sulphate only in the presence of GSH. It does not cause the release of sulphate ions from prop-1-yl sulphate, l-serine O-sulphate, phenyl sulphate or oestrone 3-sulphate even when GSH is added. 4. The stability and specificity of the enzyme and its response to inhibitors and to changes of pH were studied. 5. The activity of the preparation was compared with the activities of glutathione S-transferases described previously.

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