Serum albumin prevents protein aggregation and amyloid formation and retains chaperone-like activity in the presence of physiological ligands

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 21530-21540

  Finn, Thomas E ^a   Nunez, Andrea C ^a   Sunde, Margaret ^a   Easterbrook Smith, Simon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID FORMATION; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CHAPERONE-LIKE ACTIVITY; FREE FATTY ACID; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HUMAN PLASMAS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LIGANDS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRANSTHYRETIN;

BODY FLUIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

AMYLOID; CHAPERONE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 84862296190     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.372961     Document Type: Article

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