The cysteine-reactive small molecule ebselen facilitates effective SOD1 maturation

oleh: Michael J. Capper, Gareth S. A. Wright, Letizia Barbieri, Enrico Luchinat, Eleonora Mercatelli, Luke McAlary, Justin J. Yerbury, Paul M. O’Neill, Svetlana V. Antonyuk, Lucia Banci, S. Samar Hasnain

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-04-01

Deskripsi

Mutations in superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Here the authors present the SOD1 crystal structure bound to the small cysteine-reactive molecule ebselen and show that ebselen is a chaperone for SOD1.