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Mol Cell Biochem 1984 Jan 01;581-2:9-35. doi: 10.1007/BF00240602.
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Transglutaminases.

Lorand L , Conrad SM .


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This paper is intended as a background to the topic of transglutaminases, while focusing on current ideas regarding the biological roles of these enzymes. Specifically, the following topics are discussed: geometry of forming gamma-glutamyl-epsilon-lysine cross-linked structures; energetic considerations; the gamma-glutamyl-epsilon-lysine cross-link; amine incorporation assays; artefactual incorporation of amines in cells and tissue homogenates; synthetic substrate systems; regulation of transglutaminase activities; strategies for probing transglutaminase-mediated events in biological systems; the blood clotting paradigm; transglutaminase and cell aging: the Ca2+-enriched human erythrocyte; transglutaminase and cell activation: the thrombin-stimulated human platelet and the fertilized sea urchin egg.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC100893812 LOC115919910 LOC579470

References [+] :
Ambron, Post-translational modification of neuronal proteins: evidence for transglutaminase activity in R2, the giant cholinergic neuron of Aplysia. 1982, Pubmed