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Aspartic acid substitutions in monoamine oxidase-A reveal both catalytic-dependent and -independent influences on cell viability and proliferation.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Nov 2012
Wei Zelan, Satram-Maharaj Tamara, Chaharyn Bradley, Kuski Kelly, Pennington Paul R, Cao Xia, Chlan Jennifer, Mousseau Darrell D
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Post-translational influences could underlie the ambiguous roles of monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) in pathologies such as depression, cancer and Alzheimer disease. In support of this, we recently demonstrated that the Ca²⁺-sensitive component of MAO-A catalytic activity is inhibited by a pro-survival p38 (MAPK)-dependent mechanism. We substituted three aspartic acid (D) residues in human MAO-A that reside in...
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