Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Insights into Hunter syndrome from the structure of iduronate-2-sulfatase

  • Mykhaylo Demydchuk,
  • Chris H. Hill,
  • Aiwu Zhou,
  • Gábor Bunkóczi,
  • Penelope E. Stein,
  • Denis Marchesan,
  • Janet E. Deane,
  • Randy J. Read

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15786
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Hunter syndrome is a lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS). Here, the authors present the IDS crystal structure and give mechanistic insights into mutations that cause Hunter syndrome.