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Glutathione has long been suspected to be the primary source of oxidative power for protein folding. It has now been shown to be just the opposite, namely a source of reductants. The ultimate origin of oxidants has become even more of a mystery.
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Bader, M., Winther, J. & Bardwell, J. Protein oxidation: prime suspect found ‘not guilty’. Nat Cell Biol 1, E57–E58 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/11025
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