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Aggregation of scaffolding protein DISC1 dysregulates phosphodiesterase 4 in Huntington's disease.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 3 Apr 2017
Tanaka Motomasa, Ishizuka Koko, Nekooki-Machida Yoko, Endo Ryo, Takashima Noriko, Sasaki Hideyuki, Komi Yusuke, Gathercole Amy, Huston Elaine, Ishii Kazuhiro, Hui Kelvin Kai-Wan, Kurosawa Masaru, Kim Sun-Hong, Nukina Nobuyuki, Takimoto Eiki, Houslay Miles D, Sawa Akira
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a polyglutamine (polyQ) disease caused by aberrant expansion of the polyQ tract in Huntingtin (HTT). While motor impairment mediated by polyQ-expanded HTT has been intensively studied, molecular mechanisms for nonmotor symptoms in HD, such as psychiatric manifestations, remain elusive. Here we have demonstrated that HTT forms a ternary protein complex with the scaffolding protein...
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