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    Structure. 2002 Jun;10(6):811-23.

    The Ig-like structure of the C-terminal domain of lamin A/C, mutated in muscular dystrophies, cardiomyopathy, and partial lipodystrophy.

    Krimm I, Ostlund C, Gilquin B, Couprie J, Hossenlopp P, Mornon JP, Bonne G, Courvalin JC, Worman HJ, Zinn-Justin S.

    Département d'Ingénierie et d'Etudes des Protéines, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

    Lamins are nuclear intermediate filaments that, together with lamin-associated proteins, maintain nuclear shape and provide a structural support for chromosomes and replicating DNA. We have determined the solution structure of the human lamin A/C C-terminal globular domain which contains specific mutations causing four different heritable diseases. This domain encompasses residues 430-545 and adopts an Ig-like fold of type s. We have also characterized by NMR and circular dichroism the structure and thermostability of three mutants, R453W and R482W/Q, corresponding to "hot spots" causing Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and Dunnigan-type lipodystrophy, respectively. Our structure determination and mutant analyses clearly show that the consequences of the mutations causing muscle-specific diseases or lipodystrophy are different at the molecular level.

    PMID: 12057196 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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