Hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase, mitochondrial is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the ''HAGH''
gene
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The enzyme encoded by this gene is classified as a thiolesterase and is responsible for the hydrolysis of S-lactoyl-glutathione to reduced glutathione and D-lactate.
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