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SUBMITTER: Dhaunchak AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2077047 | biostudies-other | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dhaunchak Ajit-Singh AS Nave Klaus-Armin KA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20071025 45
A large number of mutations in the human PLP1 gene lead to abnormal myelination and oligodendrocyte death in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). Here we show that a major subgroup of PMD mutations that map into the extracellular loop region of PLP/DM20 leads to the failure of oligodendrocytes to form the correct intramolecular disulfide bridges. This leads to abnormal protein cross-links and endoplasmic reticulum retention and activates the unfolded protein response. Importantly, surface express ...[more]