Copper is also necessary for the activity
of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme involved in cross-linking collagen and elastin, both of which provide the ground substance and flexibility in blood vessels, bones and joints.
Avocado has another fresh and interesting mechanism, assuming that the old study was accurate: inhibition
of lysyl oxidase.
Copper is also necessary for the activity
of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme involved in cross-linking collagen and elastin, both of which provide the ground substance and flexibility in blood vessels, bones and joints.
Not exact matches
The study,
Lysyl oxidase and adipose tissue dysfunction, found that this molecule is more prevalent in fat tissue
of obese people and that it was increased by inflammation and oxygen deprivation.
Wagenseil's novel approach, recently published in Heart and Circulatory Physiology, focused on the genetic signaling and mechanical effects
of mutations in
lysyl oxidase, or LOX.
To help prevent such conditions, Iyer and colleagues at The University
of Western Australia, Fiona Wood Foundation and Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit, together with Pharmaxis Ltd., (all in Australia) are studying compounds that inhibit an enzyme called
lysyl oxidase, or LOX.
It is a cofactor in several oxidative enzymes vital to the function
of hematopoietic, vascular and skeletal tissues, as well as the structure and function
of the nervous system, including superoxide dismutase (oxygen radical scavenger), cytochrome - c oxidase (mitochondrial respiration),
lysyl oxidase (collagen and elastin synthesis) and ceruloplasmin ferroxidase / haephestin (iron metabolism).
In addition, copper is a cofactor for the activity
of a vital enzyme called
lysyl oxidase.
The next step is the conversion
of the baseline hydroxylysine into structural compounds called allysines; this reaction takes place with help from the
lysyl oxidase enzyme.