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Altered histone monoubiquitylation mediated by mutant huntingtin induces transcriptional dysregulation.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 9 Apr 2008
Kim Mee-Ohk, Chawla Prianka, Overland Ryan P, Xia Eva, Sadri-Vakili Ghazaleh, Cha Jang-Ho J
Abstract excerpt
Although transcriptional dysregulation is a critical pathogenic mechanism in Huntington's disease (HD), it is still not known how mutant huntingtin causes it. Here we show that alteration of histone monoubiquitylation is a key mechanism. Disrupted interaction of huntingtin with Bmi-1, a component of the hPRC1L E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, increases monoubiquityl histone H2A (uH2A) levels in a cell culture model...
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