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Review
. 2003 Jun 5;38(5):681-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00328-3.

Polyglutamines placed into context

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Polyglutamines placed into context

Albert R La Spada et al. Neuron. .
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Abstract

Nine inherited neurodegenerative disorders result from polyglutamine expansions. Two recently published papers on spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, together with studies on spinobulbar muscular atrophy last year, indicate that host protein context is the key arbiter of polyglutamine disease protein toxicity. This insight may represent the most important development in the field since the recognition of nuclear inclusions or the propensity of polyglutamine to aggregate. Indeed, an intimate and inextricable relationship may exist between polyglutamine neurotoxicity and the normal interactions, domains, modifications, and functions of the respective disease proteins.

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