Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Mapping protein carboxymethylation sites provides insights into their role in proteostasis and cell proliferation

  • Simone Di Sanzo,
  • Katrin Spengler,
  • Anja Leheis,
  • Joanna M. Kirkpatrick,
  • Theresa L. Rändler,
  • Tim Baldensperger,
  • Therese Dau,
  • Christian Henning,
  • Luca Parca,
  • Christian Marx,
  • Zhao-Qi Wang,
  • Marcus A. Glomb,
  • Alessandro Ori,
  • Regine Heller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26982-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 22

Abstract

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Accumulation of advanced glycation end products such as carboxymethyllysine (CML) has been associated with aging but their molecular roles are largely unclear. Here, the authors use proteomics to identify CML sites and show that CML formation affects protein homeostasis and cell proliferation.