Developmental truncations of connexin 50 by caspases adaptively regulate gap junctions/hemichannels and protect lens cells against ultraviolet radiation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 15786-15797

  Wang, Ke ^a,b   Gu, Sumin ^b   Yin, Xinye ^b   Weintraub, Susan T ^b   Hua, Zichun ^a   Jiang, Jean X ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; C TERMINUS; CASPASE-3; CASPASES; CATARACT FORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLEAVAGE SITES; CORE REGION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEMICHANNELS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CONNEXIN 50; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LENS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CONNEXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ION CHANNELS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MUTATION; PROTEOLYSIS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84860864186     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.313171     Document Type: Article

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