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  • Title: Studies on the accumulation of L-pyroglutamic acid in guinea pig epidermis.
    Author: Marstein S.
    Journal: J Invest Dermatol; 1980 Mar; 74(3):135-8. PubMed ID: 6102105.
    Abstract:
    The activities and properties of the enzymes involved in the formation and degradation of pyroglutamic acid (2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid, 5-oxoproline) in guinea pig epidermis have been studied. The enzyme pattern was characterized by an extremely high activity of gamma-glutamyl cyclotransferase. The epidermal extracts possessed a measurable, but rather low activity of pyroglutamate hydrolase. It is suggested that the only major pathway by which pyroglutamate may be formed in epidermal tissue is from L-glutamate by a 2-step reaction, the first involving the formation of a gamma-glutamyl peptide by the action of gamma-glutamyl-cysteine synthetase, and the second cyclization of the gamma-glutamyl moiety by the action of gamma-glutamyl cyclotransferase. Abundant substrate supply, the extremely high cyclotransferase activity and the rather low capacity to degrade pyroglutamate may be the factors responsible for the accumulation of this compound in epidermal tissue. A relatively low content of reduced glutathione may also be a contributing factor.
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