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Toxic PR Poly-Dipeptides Encoded by the C9orf72 Repeat Expansion Target LC Domain Polymers.

ABSTRACT: Two complementary approaches were used in search of the intracellular targets of the toxic PR poly-dipeptide encoded by the repeat sequences expanded in the C9orf72 form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The top categories of PRn-bound proteins include constituents of non-membrane invested cellular organelles and intermediate filaments. PRn targets are enriched for the inclusion of low complexity (LC) sequences. Evidence is presented indicating that LC sequences represent the direct target of PRn binding and that interaction between the PRn poly-dipeptide and LC domains is polymer-dependent. These studies indicate that PRn-mediated toxicity may result from broad impediments to the dynamics of cell structure and information flow from gene to message to protein.

SUBMITTER: Lin Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5076566 | biostudies-other | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Toxic PR Poly-Dipeptides Encoded by the C9orf72 Repeat Expansion Target LC Domain Polymers.

Lin Yi Y Mori Eiichiro E Kato Masato M Xiang Siheng S Wu Leeju L Kwon Ilmin I McKnight Steven L SL

Cell 20161001 3

Two complementary approaches were used in search of the intracellular targets of the toxic PR poly-dipeptide encoded by the repeat sequences expanded in the C9orf72 form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The top categories of PR<sub>n</sub>-bound proteins include constituents of non-membrane invested cellular organelles and intermediate filaments. PR<sub>n</sub> targets are enriched for the inclusion of low complexity (LC) sequences. Evidence is presented indicating that LC sequences represent t ...[more]

PMID: 27768897

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