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Role of Glutathione and of a Self-stabilizing Chain of SH-Enzymes and Substrates in the Metabolic Regulation of Erythrocytes

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WE have already described the influence of intracellular glutathione on the activity of inorganic pyrophosphatase and triosephosphatedehydrogenase1,2.

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SCHEUCH, D., KAHRIG, C., OCKEL, E. et al. Role of Glutathione and of a Self-stabilizing Chain of SH-Enzymes and Substrates in the Metabolic Regulation of Erythrocytes. Nature 190, 631–632 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190631a0

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