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Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) modification of the androgen receptor attenuates polyglutamine-mediated aggregation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 7 Aug 2009
Mukherjee Sarmistha, Thomas Monzy, Dadgar Nahid, Lieberman Andrew P, Iñiguez-Lluhí Jorge A
Abstract excerpt
The neurodegenerative disorder spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy or Kennedy disease is caused by a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion within the androgen receptor (AR) gene. The resulting expanded polyglutamine tract in the N-terminal region of the receptor renders AR prone to ligand-dependent misfolding and formation of oligomers and aggregates that are linked to neuronal toxicity. How AR misfolding is...
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