Age-dependent deamidation of glutamine residues in human γS crystallin: Deamidation and unstructured regions

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1074-1079

  Hooi, Michelle Yu Sung ^a   Raftery, Mark J ^b   Truscott, Roger John Willis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Deamidation; Glutamine; Human lens; Racemization

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GLUTAMINE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATARACT; DEAMINATION; HUMAN; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMIDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATARACT; CHILD; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862540876     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2095     Document Type: Article

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