See Also: glutathione disulfide(medicine)
protein disulfide reductase (glutathione)(medicine)
Gamow, George(encyclopedia)
Disulfide(medicine)
mixed disulfide(medicine)
asymmetric disulfide(medicine)
lipoamide disulfide(medicine)
carbon disulfide(medicine)
symmetric disulfide(medicine)
disulfide bond(medicine)

Gamow, George (sh) and glutathione disulfide (medicine)


Gamow, George (sh)




orig. Georgy Antonovich Gamov

born March 4, 1904, Odessa, Russian Empire
died Aug. 19, 1968, Boulder, Colo., U.S.

Russian-born U.S. nuclear physicist and cosmologist.

After studying at Leningrad University with Aleksandr Friedmann (1888-1925), he subsequently developed his quantum theory of radioactivity, the first successful explanation of the behaviour of radioactive elements. His "liquid drop" model of atomic nuclei served as the basis for modern theories of nuclear fission and fusion. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1934, he collaborated with Edward Teller in researching beta decay (1936) and developing a theory of the internal structures of red giant stars (1942). In the 1950s he became interested in biochemistry, proposing theories of genetic code structure that were later found to be true. Throughout his career he also wrote popular works on such difficult subjects as relativity and cosmology.


glutathione disulfide (medicine)


glutathione disulfide
<chemical> A glutathione derivative that forms when the sulfhydryl side chains of the cysteine residues of two glutathione molecules form a disulfide bond during the course of being oxidised with various oxides and peroxides in cells. Glutathione reductase, with the coupled oxidation of NADPH, reduces gssg to two moles of glutathione.

Chemical name: Bis(gamma-Glutamyl-L-cysteinylglycine) Disulfide