Investigating Mutations to Reduce Huntingtin Aggregation by Increasing Htt-N-Terminal Stability and Weakening Interactions with PolyQ Domain
Huntington’s disease is a fatal autosomal genetic disorder characterized by an expanded glutamine-coding CAG repeat sequence in the huntingtin (Htt) exon 1 gene. The Htt protein associated with the disease misfolds into toxic oligomers and aggregate fibril structures. Competing models for the misfol...
Main Authors: | Mohamed R. Smaoui, Cody Mazza-Anthony, Jérôme Waldispühl |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6247867 |
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