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Bacillithiol is an antioxidant thiol produced in Bacilli

Glutathione is a nearly ubiquitous low-molecular-weight thiol and antioxidant, although it is conspicuously absent from most Gram-positive bacteria. We identify here the structure of bacillithiol, a novel and abundant thiol produced by Bacillus species, Staphylococcus aureus, and Deinococcus radiodu...

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Autores principales: Newton, Gerald L., Rawat, Mamta, La Clair, James J., Jothivasan, Vishnu Karthik, Budiarto, Tanya, Hamilton, Chris J., Claiborne, Al, Helmann, John D., Fahey, Robert C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19578333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.189