Maturation and Aging are Associated with Decrements in Ubiquitin-Protein Conjugation Capability: Plausible Involvement of Impaired Proteolytic Capabilities in Cataract Formation

1991 ◽  
pp. 85-99
Author(s):  
Allen Taylor ◽  
Jessica Jahngen-Hodge
Keyword(s):  
Cataract Formation ◽  
Protein Conjugation

Pathogenesis of Age-related Cataract: a systematic review of proteomic studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Karakosta ◽  
Argyrios Tzamalis ◽  
Michalis Aivaliotis ◽  
Ioannis Tsinopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Oxidant Stress ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Human Lens ◽  
Nuclear Cataract ◽  
Cataract Formation ◽  
Post Translational Modification ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
Age Related

Background/Objective:: The aim of this systematic review is to identify all the available data on human lens proteomics with a critical role to age-related cataract formation in order to elucidate the physiopathology of the aging lens. Materials and Methods:: We searched on Medline and Cochrane databases. The search generated 328 manuscripts. We included nine original proteomic studies that investigated human cataractous lenses. Results:: Deamidation was the major age-related post-translational modification. There was a significant increase in the amount of αA-crystallin D-isoAsp58 present at all ages, while an increase in the extent of Trp oxidation was apparent in cataract lenses when compared to aged normal lenses. During aging, enzymes with oxidized cysteine at critical sites included GAPDH, glutathione synthase, aldehyde dehydrogenase, sorbitol dehydrogenase, and PARK7. Conclusion:: D-isoAsp in αA crystallin could be associated with the development of age-related cataract in human, by contributing to the denaturation of a crystallin, and decreasing its ability to act as a chaperone. Oxidation of Trp may be associated with nuclear cataract formation in human, while the role of oxidant stress in age-related cataract formation is dominant.

Fmoc Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis

1999 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Peptide Synthesis ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis ◽  
Peptide Chain ◽  
Standard Approach ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Complex Structures ◽  
Protein Conjugation ◽  
Chemoselective Ligation ◽  
Routine Production

In the years since the publication of Atherton and Sheppard's volume, the technique of Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis has matured considerably and is now the standard approach for the routine production of peptides. The basic problems outstanding at the time of publication of this earlier work have now been, for the most part, solved. As a result, innovators in the field have focussed their efforts to develop methodologies and chemistry for the synthesis of more complex structures. The focus of this new volume is much broader, and covers not only the essential procedures for the production of linear peptides but also more advanced techniques for preparing cyclic, side-chain modified, phospho- and glycopeptides. Many other methods also deserving attention have been included: convergent peptide synthesis; peptide-protein conjugation; chemoselective ligation; and chemoselective purification. The difficult preparation of cysteine and methionine-containing peptides is also covered, as well as methods for overcoming aggregation during peptide chain assembly and a survey of available automated instrumentation.

scholarly journals A 127 kb truncating deletion of PGRMC1 is a novel cause of X-linked isolated paediatric cataract

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna L. Jones ◽  
Mark A. Corbett ◽  
Elise Yeaman ◽  
Duran Zhao ◽  
Jozef Gecz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Cholesterol Biosynthesis ◽  
Crystalline Lens ◽  
Whole Genome Sequencing Data ◽  
Mendelian Disease ◽  
Cataract Formation ◽  
Sequencing Data ◽  
Zebrafish Model ◽  
Paediatric Cataract

AbstractInherited paediatric cataract is a rare Mendelian disease that results in visual impairment or blindness due to a clouding of the eye’s crystalline lens. Here we report an Australian family with isolated paediatric cataract, which we had previously mapped to Xq24. Linkage at Xq24–25 (LOD = 2.53) was confirmed, and the region refined with a denser marker map. In addition, two autosomal regions with suggestive evidence of linkage were observed. A segregating 127 kb deletion (chrX:g.118373226_118500408del) in the Xq24–25 linkage region was identified from whole-genome sequencing data. This deletion completely removed a commonly deleted long non-coding RNA gene LOC101928336 and truncated the protein coding progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (PGRMC1) gene following exon 1. A literature search revealed a report of two unrelated males with non-syndromic intellectual disability, as well as congenital cataract, who had contiguous gene deletions that accounted for their intellectual disability but also disrupted the PGRMC1 gene. A morpholino-induced pgrmc1 knockdown in a zebrafish model produced significant cataract formation, supporting a role for PGRMC1 in lens development and cataract formation. We hypothesise that the loss of PGRMC1 causes cataract through disrupted PGRMC1-CYP51A1 protein–protein interactions and altered cholesterol biosynthesis. The cause of paediatric cataract in this family is the truncating deletion of PGRMC1, which we report as a novel cataract gene.

Inactivation of Smad4 leads to impaired ocular development and cataract formation

2010 ◽  
Vol 400 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Liu ◽  
Kirio Kawai ◽  
Shabnam Khashabi ◽  
Chuxia Deng ◽  
Yi-Hsin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cataract Formation ◽  
Ocular Development

Squaric ester amides as hydrolysis-resistant functional groups for protein-conjugation of RAFT-derived polymers

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (47) ◽  
pp. 7242-7248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyue Zhang ◽  
Nane Vanparijs ◽  
Stef Vandewalle ◽  
Filip E. Du Prez ◽  
Lutz Nuhn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Groups ◽  
Protein Conjugation ◽  
Reactive Polymers

We report on the synthesis of amine-reactive polymers, for the purpose of protein conjugation.

scholarly journals Structure, Dynamics and Surface Hydrophobicity of the Cataract-Associated Mutant, Pro23Thr of Human Gamma D-crystallin: Molecular Basis of Cataract Formation

2011 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 539a
Author(s):  
Priya R. Banerjee ◽  
Swamy Puttamadappa ◽  
Ajay Pande ◽  
Alexander Shekhtman ◽  
Jayanti Pande
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Surface Hydrophobicity ◽  
Cataract Formation ◽  
Structure Dynamics
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