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Pathological and functional amyloid formation orchestrated by the secretory pathway

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  • Pelletier, Mary Elizabeth Huff, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Scripps Research 1998 - 2003

authors

  • Pelletier, Mary Elizabeth Huff
  • Balch, William E.
  • Kelly, Jeffery

publication date

  • 2003

journal

  • Current Opinion in Structural Biology  Journal

abstract

  • Amyloidogenesis has historically been associated with pathology in a class of neurodegenerative diseases known as amyloid diseases. Recent studies have shown that proteolysis by furin during secretion initiates both variant gelsolin amyloidogenesis, associated with the disease familial amyloidosis of Finnish type, and Pmel17 fiber formation, which is necessary for the functional biogenesis of melanosomes. Proteolysis combined with organelle-dependent environment changes orchestrate amyloidogenesis associated with both pathological processes and a functional pathway.

subject areas

  • Amyloid
  • Amyloidosis
  • Amyloidosis, Familial
  • Animals
  • Gelsolin
  • Humans
  • Melanosomes
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Proteins
  • Signal Transduction
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • gp100 Melanoma Antigen
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0959-440X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.sbi.2003.10.010

PubMed ID

  • 14675544
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 674

end page

  • 682

volume

  • 13

issue

  • 6

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