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ArticleJournal of neuroscience research2020

Degron capability of the hydrophobic C-terminus of the polyglutamine disease protein, ataxin-3.

Jessica R Blount, Sean L Johnson, Kozeta Libohova, Sokol V Todi, Wei-Ling Tsou

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Article in Journal of neuroscience research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica R BlountDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Sean L JohnsonDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Kozeta LibohovaDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Sokol V TodiDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Wei-Ling TsouDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9136-2581
Wayne State University · US

Funding

Protection against Alzheimer's Disease proteins by novel ubiquitin processesR01NS086778 · NINDS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Sokol Todi · 2014 to 2026
$4.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS086778
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ataxin-3 is a deubiquitinase and polyglutamine disease protein whose cellular properties and functions are not entirely understood. Mutations in ataxin-3 cause spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), a neurodegenerative disorder that is a member of the polyglutamine family of diseases. Two major isoforms arise from alternative splicing of ATXN3 and are differently toxic in vivo as a result of faster proteasomal degradation of one isoform compared to the other. The isoforms vary only at their C-termini, suggesting that the hydrophobic C-terminus of the more quickly degraded form of ataxin-3 (here referred to as isoform 2) functions as a degron-that is, a peptide sequence that expedites the degradation of its host protein. We explored this notion in this study and present evidence that: (a) the C-terminus of ataxin-3 isoform 2 signals its degradation in a proteasome-dependent manner, (b) this effect from the C-terminus of isoform 2 does not require the ubiquitination of ataxin-3, and (c) the isolated C-terminus of isoform 2 can enhance the degradation of an unrelated protein. According to our data, the C-terminus of ataxin-3 isoform 2 is a degron, increasing overall understanding of the cellular properties of the SCA3 protein.

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Computer SimulationAmino Acid SequenceAtaxin-3HEK293 CellsHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsPeptidesRepressor ProteinsUbiquitinationAtaxin-3ATXN3 protein, humanPeptidespolyglutamineRepressor ProteinsataxiadeubiquitinaseisoformneurodegenerationpolyglutamineproteasomeRRID:AB_1281300RRID:AB_2307391RRID:SCR_001010ubiquitin

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