Liha töötlemine
2005). μ-Calpain is also
and oxygen to the muscle (Kobzik et al. a cysteine protease that could be influenced
1994; Stamler et al. 2001). NO species are by S-nitrosylation. Small thiol peptides
also implicated in glucose homeostasis and like glutathione can be impacted by nitro-
excitation-contraction coupling. The gas NO sative stress to form compounds like
is produced in biological systems by a family S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO). These com-
of enzymes known as nitric oxide synthases pounds can, in turn, influence other proteins
20 Chapter 1
by transnitrosating other reduced thiols Bang, M.-L., X. Li, R. Littlefield, S. Bremner, A. Thor,
K. U. Knowlton, R. L. Lieber, and J. Chen. 2006.
(Miranda et al. 2000). Nebulin-deficient mice exhibit shorter thin filament
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