Carbamylation and glycation compete for collagen molecular aging in vivo

Tissue aging is a complex phenomenon involving molecular aging of matrix proteins, which mainly results from their progressive alteration by nonenzymatic post-translational modifications (NEPTMs) such as glycation and carbamylation. These two reactions, which correspond to the binding of reactive metabolites ( i.e . reducing sugars and urea-derived cyanate, respectively) on amino groups of proteins, occur during aging and are amplified in...