Abstract Dietary selenium (] Se), mainly through its incorporation into selenoproteins, plays
an important role in inflammation and immunity. Adequate levels of Se are important for …

Aging is a popular method used by meat industry for improving the sensory attributes of
meat. Despite the advent of many novel technologies, aging has not lost its charm and is still …

Eukaryotic cells have been confronted throughout their evolution with potentially lethal
plasma membrane injuries, including those caused by osmotic stress, by infection from …

Calpains are a family of proteases that were scientifically recognized earlier than
proteasomes and caspases, but remain enigmatic. However, they are known to participate in …

It is certain that meat tenderness is a highly valued consumer trait and thus definition of the
multiple processes that influence meat tenderness will provide clues toward improving meat …

Abstract Goll, Darrel E., Valery F. Thompson, Hongqi Li, Wei Wei, and Jinyang Cong. The
Calpain System. Physiol Rev 83: 731–801, 2003; 10.1152/physrev. 00029.2002.—The …

An experiment performed in London nearly 120 years ago, which by today's standards
would be considered unacceptably sloppy, marked the beginning of the calcium (Ca2+) …

Calpain is an intracellular Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease (EC 3.4. 22.17; Clan CA,
family C02). Recent expansion of sequence data across the species definitively shows that …

The calpains are a conserved family of cysteine proteinases that catalyse the controlled
proteolysis of many specific substrates. Calpain activity is implicated in several fundamental …

The EF-hand motif is the most common calcium-binding motif found in proteins. Several high-
resolution structures containing different metal ions bound to EF-hand sites have given new …