The reduced form can neutralize free radicals, but then it becomes oxidized and must be recycled back to the reduced form
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hyperoxidized forms of Prx2 were also found in asthmatic patients [86] and linkage of cytosolic Prx2 to the RBC membrane was found in hereditary spherocytosis patients [26]