Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Metamorphism in TDP-43 prion-like domain determines chaperone recognition

  • Jaime Carrasco,
  • Rosa Antón,
  • Alejandro Valbuena,
  • David Pantoja-Uceda,
  • Mayur Mukhi,
  • Rubén Hervás,
  • Douglas V. Laurents,
  • María Gasset,
  • Javier Oroz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36023-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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In this work, the authors show that metamorphism in the post-translationally modified TDP-43 prion-like domain encodes determinants that command mechanisms with major relevance in disease and stress the relevance of post-translationally modified chains as the targets for disease intervention.