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Podocin oligomers regulate the ordering of nephrin chains, providing the molecular basis of NPHS2 interallelic interactions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Apr 2026
Antal-Kónya Violetta, Schay Gusztáv, Kétszeri Máté, Balogh Eszter, Mikó Ágnes, Seidl Dániel, Keszthelyi Tália Magdolna, Bernáth Mária, Ungvári-Veres Anita, Dorval Guillaume, Saleem Moin A, Dixit Abhijit, Antignac Corinne, Pászty Katalin, Kellermayer Miklós, Menyhárd Dóra K, Tory Kálmán
Abstract excerpt
The most frequent causative genes in podocytopathies are NPHS1 and NPHS2 that encode the main slit diaphragm components nephrin and podocin, respectively. The significance of the nephrin-podocin interaction has remained elusive. The NPHS2 R229Q variant is unique in human genetics as it is only pathogenic when trans-associated to specific 3' variants causing R229Q podocin to form distorted heterooligomers. To...
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