The mechanisms of simultaneous stereoinversion, racemization, and isomerization at specific aspartyl residues of aged lens proteins

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-358

  Fujii, Noriko ^a,b   Momose, Yuko ^c   Ishii, Noriyuki ^d   Takita, Masatoshi ^d   Akaboshi, Mitsuhiko ^b   Kodama, Makoto ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

^d NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

D Aspartic acid; Inversion; Isomerization; Racemization; Crystallin; Aspartic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN;

AGING; CHIRALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENANTIOMER; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; LENS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033558894     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00129-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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