Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Sumoylation regulates FMRP-mediated dendritic spine elimination and maturation

  • Anouar Khayachi,
  • Carole Gwizdek,
  • Gwénola Poupon,
  • Damien Alcor,
  • Magda Chafai,
  • Frédéric Cassé,
  • Thomas Maurin,
  • Marta Prieto,
  • Alessandra Folci,
  • Fabienne De Graeve,
  • Sara Castagnola,
  • Romain Gautier,
  • Lenka Schorova,
  • Céline Loriol,
  • Marie Pronot,
  • Florence Besse,
  • Frédéric Brau,
  • Emmanuel Deval,
  • Barbara Bardoni,
  • Stéphane Martin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03222-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Fragile X syndrome patients display intellectual disability and autism, caused by mutations in the RNA-binding protein fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). Here, the authors show that FMRP sumoylation is required for regulating spine density and maturation.