Huntingtin

Huntingtin protein

spinqualitylabelsall models NMR solution structure of the N-terminal domain of huntingtin (htt17) in 50 % TFE Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D 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 repeats, may lead to development of the Huntington disease. The mutation becomes fully penetrant at ≥40 CAG repeats. You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia or to the article describing Jmol to the rescue. Structural highlights This is a sample scene created with SAT to color by Group, and another to make a transparent representation of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes.

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Ivan Šonský, Michal Harel, Jaime Prilusky