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Amino acid transport: The gamma-glutamyl cycle uses glutathione to transport amino acids across cell membranes, a process essential for cellular amino acid uptake [2][3]
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Together, these findings indicate that while strong oxidants, such as H 2 O 2 , favor irreversible thiol overoxidation and suppress disulfide chemistry, reactive nitrogen species provide a physiologically relevant pathway for disulphide cross-linking of TTR
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