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The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging - Supernova: Pliki

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Index<br />

protonation<br />

see protonation (<strong>of</strong> superoxide)<br />

Superoxide dismutase 6, 66, 73, 108, 135,<br />

142, 161<br />

cytosolic 142<br />

extracellular 108, 161<br />

knockout mice 135<br />

mitochondrial 6<br />

absence from intermembrane space 143<br />

Suppressiveness 66, 92, 103<br />

see also petites<br />

Surface pH<br />

see pH, near a charged membrane<br />

Survival <strong>of</strong> the slowest (SOS) 94-96, 115-132<br />

absence in rapidly-dividing cells 95-96<br />

absence with ATPase mutations 96, 159<br />

absence in short-lived invertebrates 122<br />

alternatives to 91-92, 96-99<br />

avoidance in germ line 119-121<br />

predictions 159-160<br />

Symbiosis 6<br />

T<br />

TCA cycle 14-16, 105-106, 123<br />

maintenence in anaerobic cells, 105-106,<br />

123<br />

Tedeschi H 146-148<br />

Teissié J 151<br />

Telomerase 88, 134<br />

knockout mice 134<br />

Telomere theory <strong>of</strong> aging 88,134<br />

oxidative stress in 88<br />

see also replicative senescence<br />

<strong>The</strong>ories <strong>of</strong> aging 85-89, 191<br />

requirements 85-86, 191<br />

shortcomings 2, 85-86<br />

value <strong>of</strong> detail 86<br />

see also error catastrophe theory<br />

see also mitochondrial free radical theory<br />

<strong>of</strong> aging<br />

see also rate <strong>of</strong> living theory<br />

see also reductive hotspot hypothesis<br />

see also Survival <strong>of</strong> the slowest<br />

see also telomere theory <strong>of</strong> aging<br />

Threshold effect 79-80<br />

Thylakoid membrane (<strong>of</strong> chloroplasts) 147,<br />

155<br />

Thymine 25-26, 55<br />

Thymus 58<br />

Tic proteins 22<br />

Tim proteins 22-23, 184-185<br />

see also protein import (mitochondrial)<br />

Tocopherol 43, 51, 88, 107, 122<br />

pro-oxidant without ascorbate 122<br />

211<br />

Toc proteins 22<br />

Tom proteins 22-23<br />

see also protein import (mitochondrial)<br />

Transferrin 108<br />

Transition (base-pair change) 26, 132<br />

Transition metals 16, 35, 107<br />

Transverse section (<strong>of</strong> muscle) 76<br />

Transversion (base-pair change) 26, 132<br />

Tribrid proteins 178<br />

Tricarboxylic acid cycle<br />

see TCA cycle<br />

Triglyceride 47-48<br />

tRNAs (mitochondrial) 23, 28, 75<br />

as RNA endonuclease sites 23<br />

mutability 28, 130, 180<br />

Tryptophan 116-117<br />

Turnover (incompatibility with aging)<br />

see aging, dependence on non-turnover<br />

U<br />

Ubiquinol 18, 106, 140<br />

see also coenzyme Q<br />

Ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase 16,<br />

19, 140<br />

assembly without cytochrome b 140<br />

mechanism <strong>of</strong><br />

see Q cycle<br />

tendency to fumble electrons 140<br />

Ubiquinone 18, 106, 140<br />

see also coenzyme Q<br />

Ubisemiquinone 71, 140, 183<br />

see also coenzyme Q<br />

UGA codon 116-117, 177<br />

UGG codon 117<br />

Uracil 55<br />

Uridine 103<br />

V<br />

Very low density lipoprotein 50<br />

Vicious cycle theory 60, 67-68, 131<br />

defined 67<br />

falsification 75-76<br />

Vigna radiata 116-118, 182<br />

Vitamin C<br />

see ascorbate<br />

Vitamin E<br />

see tocopherol<br />

VLDL<br />

see very low density lipoprotein

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