Expansion of a polyglutamine tract within the human atrophin-1 co-repressor is responsible for the DRPLA disease

M. Fanto, B. Charroux

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Abstract

Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy is a polyglutamine disorder caused by expansion of a CAG repeat tract within the human atrophin 1 gene. Truncated fragments of polyQ Atrophin one accumulate in neuronal nuclei of DRPLA patients and represent the toxic form. The normal Atrophin 1 protein is conserved from Drosophila to mammals where it acts as transcriptional co-repressor.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Curated Reference Collection in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology
PublisherElsevier Science Ltd
Pages100-103
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9780128093245
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016

Keywords

  • Atrophin-1
  • CAG expansion
  • Co-repressor
  • DRPLA
  • MTA-2
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Nuclear aggregates
  • NURD
  • Polyglutamine
  • Trinucleotide repeat

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