title: Protein-bound kynurenine is a photosensitizer of oxidative damage.
authors.affiliation: Australian Cataract Research Foundation, Department of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicole R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Joanne F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Jamie
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Roger J W
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Truscott
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003459:Crystallins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D007737:Kynurenine; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen