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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1996

Modulation of the chaperone-like activity of bovine alpha-crystallin.

J I Clark, Q L Huang

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Functional sequences in human alphaB crystallin.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2016
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  8. Lens Biology and Biochemistry.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2015
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  9. Self-assembly of protein aggregates in ageing disorders: the lens and cataract model.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2013
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  11. Lens aging: effects of crystallins.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2009
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  14. ATP-enhanced molecular chaperone functions of the small heat shock protein human alphaB crystallin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1998
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J I ClarkUniversity of Washington, Seattle 98195-7420, USA.
Q L Huang
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF TRANSPARENCY IN LENSESR01EY004542 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CLARK, JOHN IRWIN · 1985 to 2013
$7.1M
ANALYSIS OF MICRODISSECTED CATARACTOUS HUMAN LENSESR01EY003897 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HORWITZ, JOSEPH · 1985 to 2009
$2.7M
MICRODISSECTED CATARACTOUS LENSESR37EY003897 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HORWITZ, JOSEPH · 1994 to 2003
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS EY03897NEI NIH HHS EY04542NEI NIH HHS R01 EY003897NEI NIH HHS R01 EY004542NEI NIH HHS R37 EY003897
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effects of pantethine, glutathione, and selected chemical reagents on the anti-aggregation activity of alpha-crystallin was evaluated. Protein aggregation was monitored by light scattering of solutions of denatured beta L-crystallin or alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). The ratios of beta L-crystallin/alpha-crystallin and ADH/alpha-crystallin were adjusted so that partial inhibition of protein aggregation at 60 degrees C or 37 degrees C, respectively, was observed and modulation of the chaperone action of alpha-crystallin could be evaluated easily with selected endogenous metabolites. Enhancement of the anti-aggregation activity in the beta L-crystallin assay was strongest with pantethine, which appeared to interact with alpha-crystallin. Enhancement of the anti-aggregation activity in the ADH assay was strongest with glutathione which appeared to interact with ADH. The results indicated that the products of common metabolic pathways can modulate the chaperone-like effects of alpha-crystallin on protein aggregation.

Indexed as

Alcohol DehydrogenaseAnimalsCattleCrystallinsGlutathioneKineticsMolecular ChaperonesPantetheineProtein DenaturationTime FactorsAlcohol DehydrogenaseCrystallinsGlutathioneMolecular ChaperonesPantetheinepantethine

Identifiers

PMID8986785
PMCPMC26378
OpenAlexW2064980931

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