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epsilon-Crystallins

Known as: epsilon-Crystallin, epsilon Crystallin, Crystallins, epsilon 
A group of crystallins that have been found in the lens (LENS, CRYSTALLINE) of DUCKS and CROCODILES. They are inactivated forms of the B chain… 
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2014
2014
Solution properties of γ‐crystallins: Hydration of fish and mammal γ‐crystallins
Lens γ crystallins are found at the highest protein concentration of any tissue, ranging from 300 mg/mL in some mammals to over… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Mechanism of the Very Efficient Quenching of Tryptophan Fluorescence in Human γD- and γS-Crystallins: The γ-Crystallin Fold May Have Evolved To Protect Tryptophan Residues from Ultraviolet…
Proteins exposed to UV radiation are subject to irreversible photodamage through covalent modification of tryptophans (Trps) and… 
2009
2009
Femtosecond fluorescence spectra of tryptophan in human gamma-crystallin mutants: site-dependent ultrafast quenching.
The eye lens Crystallin proteins are subject to UV irradiation throughout life, and the photochemistry of damage proceeds through… 
2009
2009
Synergistic effects of metal ion and the pre-senile cataract-causing G98R αA-crystallin: self-aggregation propensities and chaperone activity
Purpose αA- and αB-crystallins are abundantly present in the eye lens, belong to the small heat shock protein family, and exhibit… 
2006
2006
Immunochemical detection of glycated beta- and gamma-crystallins in lens and their circulating autoantibodies (IgG) in streptozocin induced diabetic rat.
PURPOSE This study used an immunochemical approach aimed to detect the glycated crystallins (beta- and gamma-crystallin) in rat… 
1992
1992
Molecular cloning of rat liver 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and identification of structurally related proteins from rat lung and kidney
1990
1990
Evidence for neutral and selective processes in the recruitment of enzyme-crystallins in avian lenses.
In apparent contrast to most other tissues, the ocular lenses in vertebrates show striking differences in protein composition… 
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1988
Highly Cited
1988
Structural similarity of bovine lung prostaglandin F synthase to lens epsilon-crystallin of the European common frog.
Cloned cDNA sequences specific for prostaglandin F (PGF) synthase have been isolated from a cDNA library of bovine lung mRNA… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Duck lens epsilon-crystallin and lactate dehydrogenase B4 are identical: a single-copy gene product with two distinct functions.
To investigate whether or not duck lens epsilon-crystallin and duck heart lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) B4 are the product of the… 
1985
1985
epsilon-Crystallin, a novel avian and reptilian eye lens protein.
Gel filtration of Peking duck eye lens proteins reveals a component eluting just behind delta-crystallin and comprising… 
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