Peroxynitrite reaction with eye lens proteins: α-crystallin retains its activity despite modification

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2115-2121

  Thiagarajan, Geetha ^a   Lakshmanan, Jaganathan ^a   Chalasani, Madhavilatha ^a   Balasubramanian, Dorairajan ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CARBONIC ACID; DITYROSINE; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INSULIN; LENS PROTEIN; NITROTRYPTOPHAN; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COVALENT BOND; HUMAN; LENS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

EID: 3142654685     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0929     Document Type: Article

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