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Dorfin ubiquitylates mutant SOD1 and prevents mutant SOD1-mediated neurotoxicity.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Sept 2002
Niwa Jun-Ichi, Ishigaki Shinsuke, Hishikawa Nozomi, Yamamoto Masahiko, Doyu Manabu, Murata Shigeo, Tanaka Keiji, Taniguchi Naoyuki, Sobue Gen
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive paralytic disorder resulting from the degeneration of motor neurons in the cerebral cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. The cytopathological hallmark in the remaining motor neurons of ALS is the presence of ubiquitylated inclusions consisting of insoluble protein aggregates. In this paper we report that Dorfin, a RING finger-type E3 ubiquitin ligase, is...
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