Ontology Term : Pfam:PF05023 Phytochelatin synthase EMBL-EBI

Description	Phytochelatin synthase is the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of heavy-metal-binding peptides (phytochelatins) from glutathione and related thiols [2]. The crystal structure of a member of this family shows it to possess a papain fold [3]. The enzyme catalyses the deglycination of a GSH donor molecule [3]. The enzyme contains a catalytic triad of cysteine, histidine and aspartate residues.
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