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Role of glutamine deamidation in neurodegenerative diseases associated with triplet repeat expansions: A hypothesis

  • Qurratulain Hasan*
  • , Ravindra Varma Alluri
  • , Pragna Rao
  • , Yog Raj Ahuja
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The pathological expansion of unstable trinucleotide repeats is known to cause neurodegenerative diseases. Trinucleotide repeat expansions might prove to be pathological through a variety of mechanisms, including alteration of DNA structure, transcription, RNA-protein interaction, and altered protein conformations/interactions. Deamidation of human proteins have been shown to regulate some time-dependent biological processes such as development and aging. In this paper we hypothesize the possible role of glutamine deamidation as a signaling event in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases associated with triplet repeat expansion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29-33
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Molecular Neuroscience
Volume29
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 05-2006

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics

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