A spinal muscular atrophy modifier implicates the SMN protein in SNARE complex assembly at neuromuscular synapses.
Kim JK, Jha NN, Awano T, Caine C, Gollapalli K, Welby E, Kim SS, Fuentes-Moliz A, Wang X, Feng Z, Sera F, Takeda T, Homma S, Ko CP, Tabares L, Ebert AD, Rich MM, Monani UR.
Kim JK, et al.
Neuron. 2023 May 3;111(9):1423-1439.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.02.004. Epub 2023 Mar 1.
Neuron. 2023.
PMID: 36863345
Reduced survival motor neuron (SMN) protein triggers the motor neuron disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Restoring SMN prevents disease, but it is not known how neuromuscular function is preserved. ...Concomitantly, synaptic vesicular SNARE complex formation, w …
Reduced survival motor neuron (SMN) protein triggers the motor neuron disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Restoring SMN prevents …