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The enzyme S-formylglutathione hydrolase (EC 3.1.2.12) catalyzes the reaction

S-formylglutathione + H₂O

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glutathione + formate

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on thioester bonds. The systematic name is S-formylglutathione hydrolase. It participates in Methane Metabolism.

References

Uotila L (1973). "Preparation and assay of glutathione thiol esters. Survey of human liver glutathione thiol esterases". Biochemistry. 12 (20): 3938–43. doi:10.1021/bi00744a024. PMID 4200890.
Uotila L, Koivusalo M (1974). "Purification and properties of S-formylglutathione hydrolase from human liver". J. Biol. Chem. 249 (23): 7664–72. PMID 4436331.
Harms N, Ras J, Reijnders WN, van Spanning RJ, Stouthamer AH (1996). "S-formylglutathione hydrolase of Paracoccus denitrificans is homologous to human esterase D: a universal pathway for formaldehyde detoxification?". J. Bacteriol. 178 (21): 6296–9. PMC 178503. PMID 8892832.

Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Diffusion-limited enzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list) EC7 Translocases (list)