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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol 28, 1157-1163, Copyright © 1987 by Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

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Non-tryptophan fluorescence of crystallins from normal and cataractous human lenses

GJ Bessems, E Keizer, J Wollensak and HJ Hoenders

The soluble proteins of a newborn human lens exhibit almost no non- tryptophan fluorescence. On aging, an increase in the fluorescence of all native crystallins is found except for gamma 2-crystallin. With formation of nuclear cataract, a further increase is seen for gamma 1- crystallin. The fluorophore, excitation 355 nm/emission 420 nm, is mainly associated with one species of the gamma 1-crystallin population. It is also present as such in the soluble fraction and increases significantly with nuclear cataract formation. At least one of the gamma 1-crystallins seems to play an important role in the cataractogenic process.


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