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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 97, Issue 18, Pages 9902-9906Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.170173897
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK046984, DK46984] Funding Source: Medline
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Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. Although several genetic defects have been identified in patients with a family history of this disease, the majority of cases involve individuals with no known genetic predisposition. A mutant form of ubiquitin, termed Ub(+1), has been selectively observed in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, including those with nonfamilial Alzheimer's disease, but it has been unclear why Ub(+1) expression should be deleterious. Here we show that Ub(+1) is an efficient substrate for polyubiquitination in vitro and in transfected human cells. The resulting polyubiquitin chains are refractory to disassembly by deubiquitinating enzymes and potently inhibit the degradation of a polyubiquitinated substrate by purified 26S proteasomes. Thus, expression of Ub(+1) in aging brain could result in dominant inhibition of the Ub-proteasome system, leading to neuropathologic consequences.
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