title: Accelerated aging due to enzymatic racemization.
abstract: Thermodynamic racemization may be a cause of aging. Racemases might accelerate the aging process. If enzymatic racemization does accelerate aging, then the use of chemical or immunological inhibitors of racemases might retard aging.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases; D000818:Animals; D004798:Enzymes; D006801:Humans; D007535:Isomerases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011487:Protein Conformation; D019998:Racemases and Epimerases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D007535:Isomerases; D019998:Racemases and Epimerases; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases