ID GPX2_HYLLA Reviewed; 190 AA. AC Q4AEH9; DT 11-OCT-2005, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 26-FEB-2008, sequence version 2. DT 16-JUN-2009, entry version 25. DE RecName: Full=Glutathione peroxidase 2; DE EC=1.11.1.9; DE AltName: Full=GSHPx-2; DE Short=GPx-2; DE AltName: Full=Glutathione peroxidase-gastrointestinal; DE AltName: Full=GSHPx-GI; GN Name=GPX2; OS Hylobates lar (Common gibbon). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; OC Catarrhini; Hylobatidae; Hylobates. OX NCBI_TaxID=9580; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RX PubMed=15967696; DOI=10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.05.002; RA Fukuhara R., Kageyama T.; RT "Structure, gene expression, and evolution of primate glutathione RT peroxidases."; RL Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 141B:428-436(2005). CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: 2 glutathione + H(2)O(2) = glutathione CC disulfide + 2 H(2)O. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Homotetramer (By similarity). CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm (By similarity). CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the glutathione peroxidase family. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AB121002; BAE17011.1; -; mRNA. DR SMR; Q4AEH9; 4-187. DR PeroxiBase; 3697; HlGPx02. DR HOVERGEN; Q4AEH9; -. DR BRENDA; 1.11.1.9; 285274. DR GO; GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0004602; F:glutathione peroxidase activity; IEA:EC. DR GO; GO:0008430; F:selenium binding; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0055114; P:oxidation reduction; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0006979; P:response to oxidative stress; IEA:InterPro. DR InterPro; IPR000889; Glutathione_peroxidase. DR InterPro; IPR012335; Thioredoxin_fold. DR Gene3D; G3DSA:3.40.30.10; Thioredoxin_fold; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR11592; Glut_peroxidase; 1. DR Pfam; PF00255; GSHPx; 1. DR PIRSF; PIRSF000303; Glutathion_perox; 1. DR PRINTS; PR01011; GLUTPROXDASE. DR PROSITE; PS00460; GLUTATHIONE_PEROXID_1; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00763; GLUTATHIONE_PEROXID_2; 1. DR PROSITE; PS51355; GLUTATHIONE_PEROXID_3; 1. PE 2: Evidence at transcript level; KW Cytoplasm; Oxidoreductase; Peroxidase; Selenium; Selenocysteine. FT CHAIN 1 190 Glutathione peroxidase 2. FT /FTId=PRO_0000066620. FT ACT_SITE 40 40 By similarity. FT NON_STD 40 40 Selenocysteine. SQ SEQUENCE 190 AA; 21954 MW; FC8C4E69C4DE83A0 CRC64; MAFIAKSFYD LSAISLDGEK VDFNTFRGRA VLIENVASLU GTTTRDFTQL NELQCRFPRR LVVLGFPCNQ FGHQENCQNE EILNSLKYVR PGGGYQPTFT LVQKCEVNGQ NEHPVFAYLK DKLPYPYDDP FSLMTDPKLI IWSPVRRSDV AWNFEKFLIG PEGEPFRRYS RTFPTINIEP DIKRLLKVAI //