Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

A conformation-specific nanobody targeting the nicotinamide mononucleotide-activated state of SARM1

  • Yun Nan Hou,
  • Yang Cai,
  • Wan Hua Li,
  • Wei Ming He,
  • Zhi Ying Zhao,
  • Wen Jie Zhu,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Xinyi Mai,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Hon Cheung Lee,
  • Goran Stjepanovic,
  • Hongmin Zhang,
  • Yong Juan Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35581-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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SARM1 is a key player in axon degeneration. Here, the authors generate a nanobody, which specifically recognizes the NMN-bound state of SARM1 and helps resolve the SARM1 structure in an intermediate state of activation.