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    Nat Genet. 2001 Nov;29(3):287-94.

    MID1, mutated in Opitz syndrome, encodes an ubiquitin ligase that targets phosphatase 2A for degradation.

    Trockenbacher A, Suckow V, Foerster J, Winter J, Krauss S, Ropers HH, Schneider R, Schweiger S.

    Institute of Biochemistry, Peter-Mayr-Strasse 1a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

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    • Nat Genet 2002 Jan;30(1):123.

    The gene MID1, the mutation of which causes X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome (OS, MIM 300000), encodes a microtubule-associated protein (MAP). We show that mutation of MID1 leads to a marked accumulation of the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2Ac), a central cellular regulator. PP2Ac accumulation is caused by an impairment of a newly identified E3 ubiquitin ligase activity of the MID1 protein that normally targets PP2Ac for degradation through binding to its alpha4 regulatory subunit in an embryonic fibroblast line derived from a fetus with OS. Elevated PP2Ac causes hypophosphorylation of MAPs, a pathological mechanism that is consistent with the OS phenotype.

    PMID: 11685209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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