Pettersson Pär L, Thorén Staffan, Jakobsson Per-Johan
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Methods Enzymol. 2005;401:147-61. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(05)01009-8.
In this chapter, we briefly review the MAPEG superfamily (membrane associated proteins in eicosanoid and glutathione metabolism), a family of proteins in which all human members except one possess glutathione conjugating capacity. Recent findings regarding the biological functions of MAPEG proteins are highlighted. More extensively, the characterization of human microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1 is presented, including results and applied methodology.