Conformational changes in human lens proteins in cataract
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Conformational changes in human lens proteins in cataract.
The reactivity of protein thiol groups in human lens and the susceptibility of the proteins to tryptic digestion were investigated. Both were found to be greater in some cataractous lenses, indicating that lens proteins have unfolded during cataractogenesis. Almost all the tyrosine in the proteins of the normal human lens reacts with tetranitromethane and is therefore probably on the outside of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0306-3283
DOI: 10.1042/bj1290097