Mutant Huntingtin stalls ribosomes and represses protein synthesis in a cellular model of Huntington disease

Autor: Mehdi Eshraghi, Pabalu P. Karunadharma, Juliana Blin, Neelam Shahani, Emiliano P. Ricci, Audrey Michel, Nicolai T. Urban, Nicole Galli, Manish Sharma, Uri Nimrod Ramírez-Jarquín, Katie Florescu, Jennifer Hernandez, Srinivasa Subramaniam
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21637-y
Popis: Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the huntingtin (mHtt) protein. Here the authors suggest that mHtt promotes ribosome stalling and inhibits protein synthesis.
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