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Glutathione vs Glutaredoxin - What's the difference?

glutathione | glutaredoxin |

As nouns the difference between glutathione and glutaredoxin

is that glutathione is while glutaredoxin is (enzyme) any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.

glutathione

English

Noun

(wikipedia glutathione)
  • (biochemistry) A tripeptide formed from glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine, that is active in many biological redox reactions

    • Derived terms

    * glutathionyl

    glutaredoxin

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor

    • See also

    * ("glutaredoxin" on Wikipedia)