Intrapolypeptide disulfides in human αA-crystallin and their effect on chaperone-like function
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 199 (1/2) , 163-167
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006906615469
Abstract
We report studies on the role of protein-protein disulfides (PSSP) in the age-related loss of chaperone activity of α-crystallins. αL-Crystallin fraction was isolated from human lenses of different...Keywords
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