Dr. Ivor Benjamin and colleagues at the University of Utah said the protein alpha B-Crystallin normally helps other proteins fold inside cells. When it works properly, the cell produces the correct amount of reduced glutathione, which is healthy for the body — but if the gene that makes alpha B-Crystallin is mutated, the protein unfolds improperly into aggregates and produces reduced glutathione in such excessive levels that it harms the heart.
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