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Stabilization of the survival motor neuron protein by ASK1.
FEBS letters - 6 May 2011
Kwon Jeong Eun, Kim Eun Kyung, Choi Eui-Ju
Abstract excerpt
The survival motor neuron (SMN) is a spliceosomal snRNP-interacting protein that was initially identified as a defective molecule in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The disease severity of SMA is determined by SMN protein level. Here, we show that apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) stabilizes SMN protein by inhibiting SMN poly-ubiquitination, and that the kinase activity of ASK1 is less important than its...
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