The Toxic Effects of Pathogenic Ataxin-3 Variants in a Yeast Cellular Model.

Ataxin-3 (AT3) is a deubiquitinating enzyme that triggers an inherited neurodegenerative disorder, spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, when its polyglutamine (polyQ) stretch close to the C-terminus exceeds a critical length. AT3 variants carrying the expanded polyQ are prone to associate with each other...

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Main Authors: Marcella Bonanomi, Cristina Visentin, Gaetano Invernizzi, Paolo Tortora, Maria Elena Regonesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129727