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Intracellular protein glycosylation modulates insulin mediated lifespan in C.elegans.
Aging - 1 Oct 2010
Rahman Mohammad M, Stuchlick Olga, El-Karim Enas G, Stuart Ryan, Kipreos Edward T, Wells Lance
Abstract excerpt
O-linked-β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification is a regulatory, nuclear and cytoplasmic post-translational glycosylation of proteins associated with age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and type II diabetes. Global elevation of O-GlcNAc levels on intracellular proteins can induce insulin resistance, the hallmark of type II diabetes, in mammalian systems. InC. elegans, attenuation of the...
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