BMB Reports
- Volume 31 Issue 4
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- Pages.409-412
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- 1998
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- 1976-670X(eISSN)
Existence of "25 kDa Thiol Peroxidase" in Retina: Evidence for An Antioxidative Role
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Cha, Mee-Kyung
(Department of Biochemistry, Paichai University)
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Kim, Il-Han
(Department of Biochemistry, Paichai University)
- Received : 1998.04.15
- Published : 1998.07.31
Abstract
We isolated and sequenced a human retina cDNA fragment that encodes 25 kDa thiol peroxidase. A search of a databank showed that the 25 kDa thiol peroxidase from retina is the same type of thiol peroxidase which exists in human brain and red blood cells. This type of tbiol peroxidase was distributed in all of the tested tissues including retina. This result suggests a physiological role for the 25 kDa thiol peroxidase as an important antioxidant.