2024
Biallelic NAA60 variants with impaired N-terminal acetylation capacity cause autosomal recessive primary familial brain calcifications
Chelban V, Aksnes H, Maroofian R, LaMonica L, Seabra L, Siggervåg A, Devic P, Shamseldin H, Vandrovcova J, Murphy D, Richard A, Quenez O, Bonnevalle A, Zanetti M, Kaiyrzhanov R, Salpietro V, Efthymiou S, Schottlaender L, Morsy H, Scardamaglia A, Tariq A, Pagnamenta A, Pennavaria A, Krogstad L, Bekkelund Å, Caiella A, Glomnes N, Brønstad K, Tury S, Moreno De Luca A, Boland-Auge A, Olaso R, Deleuze J, Anheim M, Cretin B, Vona B, Alajlan F, Abdulwahab F, Battini J, İpek R, Bauer P, Zifarelli G, Gungor S, Kurul S, Lochmuller H, Da’as S, Fakhro K, Gómez-Pascual A, Botía J, Wood N, Horvath R, Ernst A, Rothman J, McEntagart M, Crow Y, Alkuraya F, Nicolas G, Arnesen T, Houlden H. Biallelic NAA60 variants with impaired N-terminal acetylation capacity cause autosomal recessive primary familial brain calcifications. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 2269. PMID: 38480682, PMCID: PMC10937998, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46354-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary familial brain calcificationDisease-causing mechanismsLoss-of-functionReduced surface levelsTransmembrane proteinsNAA60Progressive movement disorderBiochemical explanationAcetylation capacityPhosphate uptakeGenesBrain calcificationVariantsProteinHeterogeneous disorderSLC20A2Neurobiological functionsSurface levelMovement disordersCalcium depositionCells
2010
A fast, single-vesicle fusion assay mimics physiological SNARE requirements
Karatekin E, Di Giovanni J, Iborra C, Coleman J, O'Shaughnessy B, Seagar M, Rothman JE. A fast, single-vesicle fusion assay mimics physiological SNARE requirements. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 3517-3521. PMID: 20133592, PMCID: PMC2840481, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914723107.Peer-Reviewed Original Research