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TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES
卷 32, 期 2, 页码 78-85出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.12.005
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More than 100 different mutations in the gene encoding copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) cause familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - a fatal neurodegenerative disease in which aggregation of the SOD1 protein is considered to be the primary mode of pathogenesis. Recent results show that these mutations have remarkably diverse and unexpected effects on the structure, activity and native state stability of SOD1. Intriguingly, many mutations seem to have no measurable effect on the biophysical and biochemical properties of SOD1, except for decreasing the net charge of the protein. Thus, it seems likely that different ALS-associated mutations promote SOD1 aggregation by fundamentally distinct mechanisms. Understanding this complexity has implications for drug development and treatment of the disease.
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