All articles in Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921) Vol 13, Issue 11, are now freely available to access, read and download: https://brnw.ch/21wQc1s COVER STORY: Some glutathione transferases (GSTs) function as peroxidases with organic hydroperoxides, eg, cumene hydroperoxide (CuOOH), but human GST P1-1 has relatively low activity. A point mutation of Tyr109 into His in the active site cavity causes 10-fold elevated catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) with CuOOH mainly due to a 34-fold higher kcat. The spe

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