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SUBMITTER: Hou X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3102282 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hou Xiaomin X Hagemann Nina N Schoebel Stefan S Blankenfeldt Wulf W Goody Roger S RS Erdmann Kai S KS Itzen Aymelt A
The EMBO journal 20110304 8
The oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe (OCRL), also called Lowe syndrome, is characterized by defects of the nervous system, the eye and the kidney. Lowe syndrome is a monogenetic X-linked disease caused by mutations of the inositol-5-phosphatase OCRL1. OCRL1 is a membrane-bound protein recruited to membranes via interaction with a variety of Rab proteins. The structural and kinetic basis of OCRL1 for the recognition of several Rab proteins is unknown. In this study, we report the crystal struct ...[more]