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Meckel-Gruber syndrome protein MKS3 is required for endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of surfactant protein C.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Nov 2009
Wang Mei, Bridges James P, Na Cheng-Lun, Xu Yan, Weaver Timothy E
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant mutations in the SFTPC gene are associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lethal interstitial lung disease. Mutations that cause misfolding of the encoded proprotein surfactant protein C (SP-C) trigger endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation, a path...
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