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ArticleNature communications2017

Structure of human lysosomal acid α-glucosidase-a guide for the treatment of Pompe disease.

Véronique Roig-Zamboni, Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano, Roberta Iacono, Maria Carmina Ferrara, Stanley Germany, Yves Bourne, Giancarlo Parenti, Marco Moracci, Gerlind Sulzenbacher

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers.

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121citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 295 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Véronique Roig-ZamboniCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Univ, AFMB, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille, France.
Beatrice Cobucci-PonzanoInstitute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8211-2297
Roberta IaconoInstitute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-4322
Maria Carmina FerraraInstitute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8905-2488
Stanley GermanyCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Univ, AFMB, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille, France.
Yves BourneCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Univ, AFMB, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille, France.
Giancarlo ParentiTelethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, 80078, Naples, Italy.
Marco MoracciInstitute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9846-2531
Gerlind SulzenbacherCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Univ, AFMB, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille, France. Gerlind.Sulzenbacher@afmb.univ-mrs.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4844-2820
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRInstitute of Biosciences and Bioresources · ITFederico II University Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pompe disease, a rare lysosomal storage disease caused by deficiency of the lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA), is characterized by glycogen accumulation, triggering severe secondary cellular damage and resulting in progressive motor handicap and premature death. Numerous disease-causing mutations in the gaa gene have been reported, but the structural effects of the pathological variants were unknown. Here we present the high-resolution crystal structures of recombinant human GAA (rhGAA), the standard care of Pompe disease. These structures portray the unbound form of rhGAA and complexes thereof with active site-directed inhibitors, providing insight into substrate recognition and the molecular framework for the rationalization of the deleterious effects of disease-causing mutations. Furthermore, we report the structure of rhGAA in complex with the allosteric pharmacological chaperone N-acetylcysteine, which reveals the stabilizing function of this chaperone at the structural level.

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Acetylcysteinealpha-GlucosidasesCatalytic DomainGlycogen Storage Disease Type IIHumansLysosomesModels, MolecularProtein ConformationAcetylcysteinealpha-GlucosidasesGAA protein, human

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PMCPMC5653652
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