Long-lived Proteins in Human Aging and Disease (eBook)

Roger J. W. Truscott (Herausgeber)

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2021
Wiley-VCH GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-527-82673-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This authoritative overview on an emerging topic in the molecular life sciences explores the aging of (long-lived) proteins and their role in age-related diseases and in determining human lifespan.

Autor

Roger Truscott is a Research Professor at the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong. Having obtained his PhD at Melbourne University, he has spent most of his academic career working for the University of Sydney and the University of Wollongong. He has authored over 200 scientific publications. His main field of research is human aging with particular reference to age-related diseases, such as cataract. He has received numerous awards including a senior NHMRC fellowship and the National Foundation for Eye Research (USA) Cataract Research Award.

Inhalt

Modification of Long-lived Proteins and Protein Insolubility
Chaperones as Agents that Detect and Bind to Modified Long-lived Proteins
Autophagy and Proteostasis
Comparison of PTMs of Long-lived Proteins from Various Tissues
Imaging Methodologies to Visualise Long-lived Proteins
Glycosylation and Other PTMs of Long-lived Proteins
Human Aging and Long-lived Proteins

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.2.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
• Schlagworte: Alterung • Biochemie • Biochemie u. Chemische Biologie • Biochemistry (Chemical Biology) • Biowissenschaften • Cell & Molecular Biology • Cellular & Molecular Medicine • Chemie • Chemistry • Life Sciences • Medical Science • Medizin • Proteine • Zell- u. Molekularbiologie • Zell- u. Molekularmedizin
• ISBN-10: 3-527-82673-4 / 3527826734
• ISBN-13: 978-3-527-82673-5 / 9783527826735