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==Huntingtin protein==

Huntingtin (HTT) is a large (350 kDa) protein essential for embryonic development and is involved in a variety of cellular functions, such as vesicular transport, endocytosis, transcription regulation and autophagy. Mutation in the associated gene — '''IT15''' — results in an expansion of the '''polyQ''' tract found within the N-terminal region of the perspective protein. Such pathological growth, which surpasses the treshold of 36 glutamine residues, may lead to the development of '''Huntington disease'''. The mutation becomes fully penetrant at ≥40 glutamine residues <ref> DOI 10.1097/00005072-199805000-00001</ref>. Mutant huntingtin (mHTT) is prone to aggregation. Yet, despite its ubiquitous expression, mHTT affects primarily the GABAergic '''medium spiny neurons of striatum''' and to a lesser extent the neurons of cerebral cortex <ref>DOI 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.09.008</ref>.

Huntingtin (HTT) is a large (350 kDa) protein essential for embryonic development and is involved in a variety of cellular functions, such as vesicular transport, endocytosis, transcription regulation and autophagy. Mutation in the associated gene — '''IT15''' — results in an expansion of the '''polyQ''' tract found within the N-terminal region of the perspective protein. Such pathological growth, which surpasses the treshold of 36 glutamine residues, may lead to the development of '''Huntington disease''' (HD). The mutation becomes fully penetrant at ≥40 glutamine residues <ref> DOI 10.1097/00005072-199805000-00001</ref>. Mutant huntingtin (mHTT) is prone to aggregation. Yet, despite its ubiquitous expression, mHTT affects primarily the GABAergic '''medium spiny neurons of striatum''' and to a lesser extent the neurons of cerebral cortex <ref>DOI 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.09.008</ref>.

== Function ==

Since the discovery of HTT and its relevance to HD, efforts have been made to understand the physiological functions of wild-type huntingtin. However, an integrative understanding of its biological functions is still lacking.

'''Huntingtin and embryonic development'''

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The crucial role of HTT for embryonic development has been shown using mouse knock-out (KO) models, in which homozygous KO mice die at day 8.5 <ref>DOI 10.1038/ng1095-155</ref>

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 ==Huntingtin protein==
 <StructureSection load='2ld0' size='340' side='right' caption='NMR solution structure of the N-terminal domain of huntingtin (htt17) in 50 % TFE' scene=''>
-Huntingtin (HTT) is a large (350 kDa) protein essential for embryonic development and is involved in a variety of cellular functions, such as vesicular transport, endocytosis, transcription regulation and autophagy. Mutation in the associated gene — '''IT15''' — results in an expansion of the '''polyQ''' tract found within the N-terminal region of the perspective protein. Such pathological growth, which surpasses the treshold of 36 glutamine residues, may lead to the development of '''Huntington disease'''. The mutation becomes fully penetrant at ≥40 glutamine residues <ref> DOI 10.1097/00005072-199805000-00001</ref>. Mutant huntingtin (mHTT) is prone to aggregation. Yet, despite its ubiquitous expression, mHTT affects primarily the GABAergic '''medium spiny neurons of striatum''' and to a lesser extent the neurons of cerebral cortex <ref>DOI 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.09.008</ref>.
+Huntingtin (HTT) is a large (350 kDa) protein essential for embryonic development and is involved in a variety of cellular functions, such as vesicular transport, endocytosis, transcription regulation and autophagy. Mutation in the associated gene — '''IT15''' — results in an expansion of the '''polyQ''' tract found within the N-terminal region of the perspective protein. Such pathological growth, which surpasses the treshold of 36 glutamine residues, may lead to the development of '''Huntington disease''' (HD). The mutation becomes fully penetrant at ≥40 glutamine residues <ref> DOI 10.1097/00005072-199805000-00001</ref>. Mutant huntingtin (mHTT) is prone to aggregation. Yet, despite its ubiquitous expression, mHTT affects primarily the GABAergic '''medium spiny neurons of striatum''' and to a lesser extent the neurons of cerebral cortex <ref>DOI 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.09.008</ref>.
 == Function ==
+Since the discovery of HTT and its relevance to HD, efforts have been made to understand the physiological functions of wild-type huntingtin. However, an integrative understanding of its biological functions is still lacking.
+'''Huntingtin and embryonic development'''
+----
+The crucial role of HTT for embryonic development has been shown using mouse knock-out (KO) models, in which homozygous KO mice die at day 8.5 <ref>DOI 10.1038/ng1095-155</ref>