Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Cryo-EM structure of hnRNPDL-2 fibrils, a functional amyloid associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy D3

  • Javier Garcia-Pardo,
  • Andrea Bartolomé-Nafría,
  • Antonio Chaves-Sanjuan,
  • Marcos Gil-Garcia,
  • Cristina Visentin,
  • Martino Bolognesi,
  • Stefano Ricagno,
  • Salvador Ventura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35854-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The authors report the Cryo-EM of hnRNPDL-2 fibrils. The structure highlights features of a functional amyloid associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy-3 and explains how alternative splicing controls the assembly of this ribonucleoprotein.