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ReviewChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2021

Chemical Properties Determine Solubility and Stability in βγ-Crystallins of the Eye Lens.

Megan A Rocha, Marc A Sprague-Piercy, Ashley O Kwok, Kyle W Roskamp, Rachel W Martin

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Review in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan A RochaDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA.
Marc A Sprague-PiercyDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-3900, USA.
Ashley O KwokDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA.
Kyle W RoskampDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA.
Rachel W MartinDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9996-7411
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

Solid-state NMR methods for investigating native and aggregated eye lens proteinsR01EY021514 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI MARTIN, RACHEL WAGNER · 2011 to 2022
$2.8M
Toward Molecular-Scale Models of Congenital and Age-Related Cataract: a Concerted Computational and Experimental ApproachR01EY025328 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI TOBIAS, DOUGLAS J · 2016 to 2018
$977k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021514NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025328NSF DMR-2002837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

βγ-Crystallins are the primary structural and refractive proteins found in the vertebrate eye lens. Because crystallins are not replaced after early eye development, their solubility and stability must be maintained for a lifetime, which is even more remarkable given the high protein concentration in the lens. Aggregation of crystallins caused by mutations or post-translational modifications can reduce crystallin protein stability and alter intermolecular interactions. Common post-translational modifications that can cause age-related cataracts include deamidation, oxidation, and tryptophan derivatization. Metal ion binding can also trigger reduced crystallin solubility through a variety of mechanisms. Interprotein interactions are critical to maintaining lens transparency: crystallins can undergo domain swapping, disulfide bonding, and liquid-liquid phase separation, all of which can cause opacity depending on the context. Important experimental techniques for assessing crystallin conformation in the absence of a high-resolution structure include dye-binding assays, circular dichroism, fluorescence, light scattering, and transition metal FRET.

Indexed as

CrystallinsHumansLens, CrystallineModels, MolecularSolubilityCrystallinsbeta-gamma-crystallincataractslong-lived proteinsprotein aggregationprotein solubility

Identifiers

PMID33569867
PMCPMC8052307
OpenAlexW3127250766

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