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Parkinsonism-associated protein DJ-1 is a bona fide deglycase.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 29 Jan 2017
Richarme Gilbert, Dairou Julien
Abstract excerpt
We discovered recently that Parkinsonism-associated DJ-1 and its bacterial homologs function as protein deglycases that repair glyoxal- and methylglyoxal-glycated proteins. Protein glycation levels are 2- to 10-fold increased in deglycase-depleted cells, and deglycase mutants display up to 500-fold loss of viability in methylglyoxal or glucose-containing media, suggesting that these deglycases play important...
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