C-terminus of progranulin interacts with the beta-propeller region of sortilin to regulate progranulin trafficking.

Progranulin haplo-insufficiency is a main cause of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with TDP-43 aggregates. Previous studies have shown that sortilin regulates progranulin trafficking and is a main determinant of progranulin level in the brain. In this study, we mapped the binding site betwe...

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Main Authors: Yanqiu Zheng, Owen A Brady, Peter S Meng, Yuxin Mao, Fenghua Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3115958?pdf=render