Decreased heat stability and increased chaperone requirement of modified human betaB1-crystallins.

Kirsten J. Lampi, Yung H Kim, Hans Peter Bächinger, Bruce A. Boswell, Robyn A. Lindner, John A. Carver, Thomas R. Shearer, Larry L. David, Deborah M. Kapfer

PubMed · 2002 · 54 citations · 63 references

Abstract

Deamidation and truncation of betaB1 led to destabilization of the protein and decreased stability to heat. Decreased stability of lens crystallins may contribute to their insolubilization and cataract formation.

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