| IED ID | IndEnz0018000438 | 
| Enzyme Type ID | peroxidase000438 | 
| Protein Name | 
                        
                            
                                Glutathione peroxidase 1  EC 1.11.1.9  | 
                    
| Gene Name | gpx-1 F26E4.12 | 
| Organism | Caenorhabditis elegans | 
| Taxonomic Lineage | cellular organisms Eukaryota Opisthokonta Metazoa Eumetazoa Bilateria Protostomia Ecdysozoa Nematoda (roundworms) Chromadorea Rhabditida Rhabditina Rhabditomorpha Rhabditoidea Rhabditidae Peloderinae Caenorhabditis Caenorhabditis elegans | 
| Enzyme Sequence | MSSVYDFNVKNANGDDVSLSDYKGKVLIIVNVASQCGLTNKNYTQLKELLDVYKKDGLEVLAFPCNQFAGQEPSCEIDIQAFVADKFKFEPTLFQKIDVNGDKQSPLFKFLKNEKGGFMFDAIKWNFTKFLVGRDGKIIKRFGPTTDPKDMEKDIKEALGEKL | 
| Enzyme Length | 163 | 
| Uniprot Accession Number | O02621 | 
| Absorption | |
| Active Site | ACT_SITE 36; /evidence=ECO:0000250 | 
| Activity Regulation | |
| Binding Site | |
| Calcium Binding | |
| catalytic Activity | CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: Reaction=2 glutathione + H2O2 = glutathione disulfide + 2 H2O; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:16833, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:16240, ChEBI:CHEBI:57925, ChEBI:CHEBI:58297; EC=1.11.1.9; | 
| DNA Binding | |
| EC Number | 1.11.1.9 | 
| Enzyme Function | FUNCTION: May constitute a glutathione peroxidase-like protective system against oxidative stresses. {ECO:0000250}. | 
| Temperature Dependency | |
| PH Dependency | |
| Pathway | |
| nucleotide Binding | |
| Features | Active site (1); Chain (1) | 
| Keywords | Cytoplasm;Oxidoreductase;Peroxidase;Reference proteome | 
| Interact With | |
| Induction | |
| Subcellular Location | SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000305}. | 
| Modified Residue | |
| Post Translational Modification | |
| Signal Peptide | |
| Structure 3D | |
| Cross Reference PDB | - | 
| Mapped Pubmed ID | 10778742; 15338614; 16968778; 17850180; 20599896; 21085631; 21177967; 21367940; 21980510; 22267497; 22560298; 23800452; 24884423; 25487147; 26109047; 6593563; | 
| Motif | |
| Gene Encoded By | |
| Mass | 18,424 | 
| Kinetics | |
| Metal Binding | |
| Rhea ID | RHEA:16833 | 
| Cross Reference Brenda |