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glycate, the product of a nonenzymic reaction between a sugar and a free amino group of a protein. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| High intracellular and extracellular concentrations of reactive carbohydrates such as glucose, and especially the highly reactive fructose, are important triggers for increased glycation and formation of glyoxal, methylglyoxal, and 3-deoxyglucosan, which glycate proteins, which accumulate both intra- and extracellularly. The resultant overabundance of sorbitol may then glycate the nitrogens on proteins, like collagen, causing a degradation of proteins known as "cross-linking. |
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