Control of the structural landscape and neuronal proteotoxicity of mutant Huntingtin by domains flanking the polyQ tract

Many neurodegenerative diseases are linked to amyloid aggregation. In Huntington’s disease (HD), neurotoxicity correlates with an increased aggregation propensity of a polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in exon 1 of mutant huntingtin protein (mHtt). Here we establish how the domains flanking the polyQ...

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Main Authors: Koning Shen, Barbara Calamini, Jonathan A Fauerbach, Boxue Ma, Sarah H Shahmoradian, Ivana L Serrano Lachapel, Wah Chiu, Donald C Lo, Judith Frydman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/18065