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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 58, Issue 10, Pages 1442-1450Publisher
BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000787
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protein oxidation; free radicals; proteolysis; proteasome; ubiquitin; apoptosis
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES 03598] Funding Source: Medline
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The generation of reactive oxygen species is an inevitable aspect of aerobic life. In addition to being exposed to free radicals in the environment, aerobic organisms must also deal with oxygen radicals generated as byproducts of a number of physiological mechanisms for example, by the mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum electron transport chains, and by cells of the immune system. Although most organisms are equipped with several lines of defense against oxidative stress, these defensive mechanisms are not 100% effective, and oxidatively modified forms of proteins accumulate during aging, and in many pathological conditions. Oxidatively modified proteins can form large aggregates due to covalent cross-linking or increased surface hydrophobicity. Unless repaired or removed from cells, these oxidized proteins are often toxic and can threaten cell viability. Mammalian cells exhibit only limited direct repair mechanisms, and oxidatively damaged proteins appear to undergo selective proteolysis, primarily by the major cytosolic proteinase, the proteasome. Interestingly, it appears that the 20S 'core' proteasome conducts the recognition and elimination of oxidized proteins in an ATP-independent and ubiquitin-independent pathway.
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