Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals
Subtitle: Cell Injury and Disease (Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781402070853
Subjects: Biochemistry; Cellular biology; Pathology; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Pathophysiology; Cellular Pathology; Molecular Biochemistry; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Nitric oxide; Science/Mathematics; General; Science / Biochemistry; Physiological effect; Pathology, Molecular; Active oxygen
First sentence: Surface-exposed methionine residues of proteins are readily oxidized to methionine sulfoxide [Met(O)] residues [1-4] by many different forms of reactive oxygen species (ROS), including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), ozone, hypochlorous acid, alkyl peroxides, and peroxynitrite.