Assembly of higher-order SMN oligomers is essential for metazoan viability and requires an exposed structural motif present in the YG zipper dimer
K. Gupta, Y. Wen, N. S. Ninan, A. C. Raimer, R. Sharp, A. M. Spring, K. L. Sarachan, M. C. Johnson, G. D. Van Duyne, A. G. Matera
This study identifies a structural motif in the SMN YG box essential for higher-order oligomerization, which is critical for viability and linked to SMA in animal models.
bioRxiv · Nov 7, 2020Biochemistry