It crosses the blood-brain barrier, making it an effective agent against brain cancer
The PDZ domain-containing 8 (PDZD8) protein mediates mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane (MAM) formation in mammals
One reason is that they are irreplaceable in control of many metabolic pathways, among which glucose metabolism and fatty acid -oxidation are the most important
10.1104/pp.126.2.564 Summary Keywords glutathione, metal/metalloids, osmotic stress, oxidative stress, proline, redox homeostasis, salinity stress Citation Anjum NA, Aref IM, Duarte AC, Pereira E, Ahmad I and Iqbal M (2014) Glutathione and proline can coordinately make plants withstand the joint attack of metal(loid) and salinity stresses