Description
Product Characteristics:
Reduces hydrogen peroxide and alkyl hydroperoxides with reducing equivalents provided through the thioredoxin system. Involved in intracellular redox signaling.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: PLP, ACR1, B166, PRXV, PMP20, PRDX6, prx-V, SBBI10, AOEB166, HEL-S-55, Peroxiredoxin-5, mitochondrial, Alu corepressor 1, Antioxidant enzyme B166, Liver tissue 2D-page spot 71B, Peroxiredoxin V, Peroxisomal antioxidant enzyme, TPx type VI, Thioredoxin peroxidase PMP20, Thioredoxin reductase, PRDX5
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the peroxiredoxin family of antioxidant enzymes, which reduce hydrogen peroxide and alkyl hydroperoxides. The encoded protein may play an antioxidant protective role in different tissues under normal conditions and during inflammatory processes. This protein interacts with peroxisome receptor 1. The crystal structure of this protein in its reduced form has been resolved to 1.5 angstrom resolution. This gene uses alternate in-frame translation initiation sites to generate mitochondrial or peroxisomal/cytoplasmic forms. Three transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]