Publication: «Inhibition of bacterial thioredoxin reductase: an antibiotic mechanism targeting bacteria lacking glutathione», Jun Lu, Alexios Vlamis - Gardikas, Karuppasamy Kandasamy, Rong Zhao, Tomas N Gustafsson, Lars Engstrand, Sven Hoffner, Lars Engman, Arne Holmgren, FASEB Journal, online 17 December 2012, doi: 10.1096 / fj.12 - 223305, Vol. (news.cision.com)
And it is just these differences, and the fact that certain bacteria lack the glutaredoxin system, that mean that drugs that affect thioredoxin reductase can be used as antibiotics. (news.cision.com)
Glutathione is also the main ingredient of the bodily antioxidant thioredoxin reductase. (supernaturalacnetreatment.com)