Structural basis for mutation-induced destabilization of profilin 1 in ALS.
Boopathy, S., Silvas, T.V., Tischbein, M., Jansen, S., Shandilya, S.M., Zitzewitz, J.A., Landers, J.E., Goode, B.L., Schiffer, C.A., Bosco, D.A.(2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112: 7984-7989
- PubMed: 26056300 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1424108112
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4X1L, 4X1M, 4X25 - PubMed Abstract: 
Mutations in profilin 1 (PFN1) are associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); however, the pathological mechanism of PFN1 in this fatal disease is unknown. We demonstrate that ALS-linked mutations severely destabilize the native conformation of PFN1 in vitro and cause accelerated turnover of the PFN1 protein in cells ...