Drosophila NUAK functions with Starvin/BAG3 in autophagic protein turnover.

The inability to remove protein aggregates in post-mitotic cells such as muscles or neurons is a cellular hallmark of aging cells and is a key factor in the initiation and progression of protein misfolding diseases. While protein aggregate disorders share common features, the molecular level events...

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Main Authors: David Brooks, Fawwaz Naeem, Marta Stetsiv, Samantha C Goetting, Simranjot Bawa, Nicole Green, Cheryl Clark, Arash Bashirullah, Erika R Geisbrecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008700