Cataract-associated mutant E107A of human γD-crystallin shows increased attraction to α-crystallin and enhanced light scattering

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 574-579

  Banerjee, Priya R ^a   Pande, Ajay ^a   Patrosz, Julita ^a,c   Thurston, George M ^b   Pande, Jayanti ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LENS NUCLEUS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; PH; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MUTATION; OXAZINES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 79551672297     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014653107     Document Type: Article

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