Structure of the human C9orf72-SMCR8 complex reveals a multivalent protein interaction architecture.

A major cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) spectrum disorder is the hexanucleotide G4C2 repeat expansion in the first intron of the C9orf72 gene. Many underlying mechanisms lead to manifestation of disease that include toxic gain-of-function by re...

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Main Authors: Julia Nörpel, Simone Cavadini, Andreas D Schenk, Alexandra Graff-Meyer, Daniel Hess, Jan Seebacher, Jeffrey A Chao, Varun Bhaskar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001344