ID GPX8A_XENLA Reviewed; 209 AA. AC Q6IRC8; DT 05-FEB-2008, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 05-JUL-2004, sequence version 1. DT 16-JUN-2009, entry version 42. DE RecName: Full=Probable glutathione peroxidase 8-A; DE EC=1.11.1.9; GN Name=gpx8-A; OS Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Amphibia; Batrachia; Anura; Mesobatrachia; Pipoidea; Pipidae; OC Xenopodinae; Xenopus; Xenopus. OX NCBI_TaxID=8355; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. RC TISSUE=Embryo; RG NIH - Xenopus Gene Collection (XGC) project; RL Submitted (MAY-2004) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: 2 glutathione + H(2)O(2) = glutathione CC disulfide + 2 H(2)O. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane; Single-pass membrane protein CC (Potential). 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; BC070970; AAH70970.1; -; mRNA. DR RefSeq; NP_001085022.1; -. DR UniGene; Xl.47141; -. DR GeneID; 432086; -. DR KEGG; xla:432086; -. DR HOVERGEN; Q6IRC8; -. DR BRENDA; 1.11.1.9; 648. DR GO; GO:0016021; C:integral to membrane; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0004602; F:glutathione peroxidase activity; IEA:EC. DR GO; GO:0055114; P:oxidation reduction; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0006979; P:response to oxidative stress; IEA:InterPro. DR InterPro; IPR000886; ER_targeting_sequence. DR InterPro; IPR013376; Glut_perox_Gpx7. 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 TIGRFAMs; TIGR02540; gpx7; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00014; ER_TARGET; UNKNOWN_1. DR PROSITE; PS00460; GLUTATHIONE_PEROXID_1; FALSE_NEG. DR PROSITE; PS00763; GLUTATHIONE_PEROXID_2; 1. DR PROSITE; PS51355; GLUTATHIONE_PEROXID_3; 1. PE 2: Evidence at transcript level; KW Membrane; Oxidoreductase; Peroxidase; Transmembrane. FT CHAIN 1 209 Probable glutathione peroxidase 8-A. FT /FTId=PRO_0000317759. FT TRANSMEM 18 40 Potential. FT ACT_SITE 79 79 By similarity. SQ SEQUENCE 209 AA; 23517 MW; 567A581F575EF44D CRC64; MEPLNPYPVK FSSPKAKVSV VFLSMLLCTG ILCVLQLGFL RAKGGDFYSY EVTDAKGRAV ALSKYRGKAS LVVNVASGCP HAEANYRSLQ ELHREFGPSH FTVLAFPCNQ FGESEPGTNQ EIGALAKRNY GVTFPMFSKI KILGSEAEPA YRFLVDSTKK EPRWNFWKYL VDPQGQVVKY WRPDETAESI RPEVASLVRQ IIMKKKEEL //