DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating GPX5 and favism

GPX5 [ENSP00000392398]

Epididymal secretory glutathione peroxidase; Protects cells and enzymes from oxidative damage, by catalyzing the reduction of hydrogen peroxide, lipid peroxides and organic hydroperoxide, by glutathione. May constitute a glutathione peroxidase-like protective system against peroxide damage in sperm membrane lipids.

Synonyms:  GPX5,  GPX5p,  hGPX5,  HEL-S-75p,  O75715 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt