Protein-bound kynurenine is a photosensitizer of oxidative damage.
Parker
Nicole R
NR
Australian Cataract Research Foundation, Department of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
Jamie
Joanne F
JF
Davies
Michael J
MJ
Truscott
Roger J W
RJ
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003459:Crystallins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D007737:Kynurenine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000494:pharmacology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010782:Photolysis; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
D003459:Crystallins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D007737:Kynurenine; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen