Research Article

Functional Diversification of Fungal Glutathione Transferases from the Ure2p Class

Table 1

Specific activities of recombinant P. chrysosporium and yeast proteins, using CDNB, HED, DHA, and peroxides (hydrogen peroxide, ter-butyl hydroperoxide, and cumene hydroperoxide). The specific activities are expressed in μmol/min/mg protein.

CDNBHEDDHAPeroxides

ScUre2pActive*Active*Active**
PcUre2p4 0 . 1 8 ± 0 . 0 1
PcUre2p6 1 . 2 1 ± 0 . 0 3 2 . 8 2 ± 0 . 0 8 0 . 7 6 ± 0 . 0 3
PcUre2p1 4 . 0 7 ± 0 . 8 8 2 . 9 0 ± 0 . 0 9

The specific activities concerning ScUre2p are not reported since the experimental procedures were different from the one used in this study.
*according to Zhang and Perrett [30], **according to Bai et al. [31].