Glutathione reductase from human cataract lenses can be revived by reducing agents and by a molecular chaperone, α-crystallin

Current Eye Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 919-925

  Rachdan, Diyaa ^a   Lou, Marjorie F ^b   Harding, John J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crystallin; Captopril; Cataract; Dithiothrietol; Glutathione reductase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CAPTOPRIL; CHAPERONE; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; REDUCING AGENT; THIOL TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; LENS CAPSULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; CAPTOPRIL; CATARACT; CATTLE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN DISULFIDE REDUCTASE (GLUTATHIONE); REDUCING AGENTS;

EID: 31544436905     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680590953110     Document Type: Article

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