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tau-Crystallins

Known as: Crystallins, tau, tau-Crystallins [Chemical/Ingredient], tau Crystallins 
A type of crystallin that has been found in the lens (LENS, CRYSTALLINE) of certain species of VERTEBRATES. They are inactivated form of… 
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2016
2016
Structure, chaperone activity, and aggregation of wild-type and R12C mutant αB-crystallins in the presence of thermal stress and calcium ion – Implications for role of calcium in cataract…
The current study was performed with the aim to evaluate the chaperoning ability, structural features, and aggregation propensity… 
2008
2008
Author ' s personal copy Molecular diversity and genomic organisation of the α , β and γ eye lens crystallins from the Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni
The eye lens of the Antarctic toothfish living in the −2 °C Southern Ocean is cold-stable. To investigate the molecular basis of… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Chaperone-like activity and hydrophobicity of alpha-crystallin.
alpha-Crystallin, a prominent member of small heat shock protein (sHsp) family and a major structural protein of the eye lens is… 
2006
2006
Triose phosphate isomerase, a novel enzyme-crystallin, and tau-crystallin in crocodile cornea. High accumulation of both proteins during late embryonic development.
Several enzymes are known to accumulate in the cornea in unusually high concentrations. Based on the analogy with lens… 
2005
2005
Insights into hydrophobicity and the chaperone-like function of alphaA- and alphaB-crystallins: an isothermal titration calorimetric study.
Alpha-crystallin, composed of two subunits, alphaA and alphaB, has been shown to function as a molecular chaperone that prevents… 
2005
2005
Characterization of new D-beta-aspartate-containing proteins in a lens-derived cell line.
2003
2003
Stability, homodimerization, and calcium-binding properties of a single, variant betagamma-crystallin domain of the protein absent in melanoma 1 (AIM1).
AIM1 (absent in melanoma), a candidate suppressor of malignancy in melanoma, is a nonlens member of the betagamma-crystallin… 
2002
2002
Suppression of DTT‐induced aggregation of abrin by αA‐ and αB‐crystallins: a model aggregation assay for α‐crystallin chaperone activity in vitro 1
2002
2002
Crocodilian tau-crystallin: overexpression, purification, and characterization.
tau-Crystallin is a taxon-restricted crystallin found in eye lenses of reptiles and a few avian species but presumably absent in… 
1985
1985
tau-Crystallin from the turtle lens: purification and partial characterization.
A lens protein with a molecular mass near 46 000 daltons has been purified from the turtle lens. It is a monomeric protein which… 
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