Homocysteine in Protein Structure/Function and Human Disease Chemical Biology of Homocysteine-containing Proteins /

Excess of homocysteine, a product of the metabolism of the essential amino acid methionine, is associated with poor health, is linked to heart and brain diseases in general human populations, and accelerates mortality in heart disease patients. Neurological and cardiovascular abnormalities occur in...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Jakubowski, Hieronim. (مؤلف, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
مؤلف مشترك: SpringerLink (Online service)
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:English
منشور في: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
الطبعة:1st ed. 2013.
الموضوعات:
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1410-0
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جدول المحتويات:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Homocysteine. Chemical Synthesis
  • Physicochemical Properties
  • Quantification Methods
  • Metabolic Pathways
  • Clinical significance
  • 3. Homocysteine Thiolactone
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Physicochemical Properties
  • Quantification Methods
  • Biological Formation and Turnover
  • Clinical Significance
  • 4. N-Homocysteinylated Proteins
  • Functional Consequences
  • Albumin
  • Fibrinogen
  • Cytochrome c
  • Other Proteins
  • Quantification Methods
  • Total N-homocysteinylation assays
  • Site-specific N-homocysteinylation assays
  • Formation in vivo
  • Turnover to Nε-Homocysteinyl-lysine
  • Biological Consequences and Clinical Significance
  • 5. S-Homocysteinylated Proteins
  • Formation in vitro
  • Functional Consequences
  • Annexin
  • Metallothionein
  • Fibrilin, Fibronectin, Tropoelastin
  • Detection in vivo
  • Biological consequences
  • Conclusions
  • References.