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Josephin domain of ataxin-3 contains two distinct ubiquitin-binding sites.
Biopolymers - 1 Dec 2009
Nicastro Giuseppe, Masino Laura, Esposito Veronica, Menon Rajesh P, De Simone Alfonso, Fraternali Franca, Pastore Annalisa
Abstract excerpt
Joseph-Machado is an incurable neurodegenerative disease caused by toxic aggregation of ataxin-3, a ubiquitin-specific cysteine protease, involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and known to bind poly-ubiquitin chains of four or more subunits. The enzymatic site resides in the N-terminal josephin domain of ataxin-3. We have characterized the ubiquitin-binding properties of josephin and showed that,...
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