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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Jul 18;1842(11):2106–2119. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.07.008

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Elastin cross-linking. A. Lysine oxidation and allysine formation. B. One lysine and one allysine form a Schiff base; two allysines together form a methylacrylaldehyde derivative. C. One lysine and three allysines cross-link into desmosine or isodesmosine.