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Unconventional autophagy mediated by the WD40 domain of ATG16L1 is derailed by the T300A Crohn disease risk polymorphism.
Autophagy - 1 Nov 2016
Serramito-Gómez Inmaculada, Boada-Romero Emilio, Pimentel-Muiños Felipe X
Abstract excerpt
A coding polymorphism of the critical autophagic effector ATG16L1 (T300A) increases the risk of Crohn disease, but how this mutation influences the function of ATG16L1 has remained unclear. In a recent report, we showed that the A300 allele alters the ability of the C-terminal WD40 domain of ATG16L1 to interact with proteins containing a specific amino acid motif able to recognize this region. This defect impairs...
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