Gas-phase intrinsic structures of intact neutral and anionic glutathione (GSH) have been determined by means of a combination of negative ion photo-electron spectroscopy and quantum chemistry calculations. The inferred structures of the neutral parents of those peptide anions are canonical (non-zwitterionic). These intrinsic structures are compared to those already known in aqueous solution or determined by crystallography in binding sites of enzymes.
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