Mitochondrial & Redox

Glutathione

Gamma-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine

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Identity

Class: Mitochondrial & Redox
Molecular weight: 307 Da
Residues: 3
Heavy atoms: 36
Reference slug: glutathione

These are published properties of the molecule, given for identification. Values we cannot confirm are omitted rather than estimated. What these terms mean.

What this compound is

A tripeptide of glutamate, cysteine and glycine. One honest caveat about this model: the first bond is a gamma-glutamyl linkage from the side chain rather than the usual backbone bond, and the engine draws a standard peptide bond, so the connection point is drawn conventionally rather than exactly.

Sequence

Glutathione amino-acid sequence in one-letter code, numbered by residue position
1	ECG

Three-letter code: Glu-Cys-Gly

The one-letter code gives the amino-acid backbone. Terminal modifications, where a compound carries them, are accounted for in the molecular weight above but are not visible in the letters.

Residue composition

Counted directly from the sequence above. Glutathione is built from 3 of the twenty standard amino acids across 3 positions.

By residue

Count of each amino acid in Glutathione
Residue	Code	Count	Share
Cysteine	C · Cys	1	33.3%
Glutamic acid	E · Glu	1	33.3%
Glycine	G · Gly	1	33.3%

By side-chain class

Nonpolar, aliphatic
1 · 33.3%
G
Polar, uncharged
1 · 33.3%
C
Negatively charged
1 · 33.3%
E

Side-chain classes follow the standard grouping of the twenty proteinogenic amino acids. Composition is arithmetic over the published sequence and says nothing about how the molecule behaves.

Primary literature

5 peer-reviewed papers indexed in PubMed that name this compound in the title. Each record was checked against the database for title, journal and year rather than written from memory.

Citations are listed so the underlying research can be read directly. They describe laboratory and preclinical work on the molecule. They are not evidence of a benefit, and nothing here is an application, dose, route or outcome.

Reference databases

PubChem

Compound record: Glutathione

Resolved from the compound name

PubMed

Indexed literature

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ClinicalTrials.gov

Registered studies

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Links resolved against the live databases on 2026-08-29.

MOTS-c

16 residues · 2175 Da

A 16-residue peptide encoded in mitochondrial DNA rather than the nuclear genome. Investigated i…

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SS-31

4 residues · 640 Da

A four-residue peptide with an alternating aromatic-cationic motif that concentrates at the inne…

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Humanin

24 residues · 2687 Da

Twenty-four residues encoded in mitochondrial DNA rather than the nuclear genome, like MOTS-c. A…

Reference entry

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This is a reference entry. Sequence, residue count, molecular weight and atom count are published properties of the molecule, given for identification. Nothing on this page describes an application, benefit, dose, route or outcome, and nothing here should be read as an offer to supply or as guidance for use in a person or an animal. Materials sold by PepXtide are for laboratory research use only, are not for human or animal consumption, and have not been evaluated by the FDA.