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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Soc Trans. 2008 Oct;36(Pt 5):1045–1050. doi: 10.1042/BST0361045

Figure 3. The enzymatic defence against glycation.

Figure 3

(a) Metabolism of glyoxal and MG by the glyoxalase system. (b) Metabolism of 3DG by 3-deoxyglucosone reductase, an AKRd. (c) Metabolism of 3DG by 3-deoxyglucosone dehydrogenase. (d, e) Repair of early glycated proteins by Amadoriase and fructosamine-3-phosphokinase.