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Polyglutamine expansion in huntingtin alters its interaction with phospholipids.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Sept 2009
Kegel Kimberly B, Sapp Ellen, Alexander Jonathan, Valencia Antonio, Reeves Patrick, Li Xueyi, Masso Nicholas, Sobin Lindsay, Aronin Neil, DiFiglia Marian
Abstract excerpt
Huntingtin has an expanded polyglutamine tract in patients with Huntington's disease. Huntingtin localizes to intracellular and plasma membranes but the function of huntingtin at membranes is unknown. Previously we reported that exogenously expressed huntingtin bound pure phospholipids using protein-lipid overlays. Here we show that endogenous huntingtin from normal (Hdh(7Q/7Q)) mouse brain and mutant huntingtin...
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