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Polyubiquitin may stabilize tau filament structures in neurodegenerative diseases
In neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, progressive neuronal damage is associated with the accumulation of abnormal tau filaments in the brain.
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In Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, abnormal tau proteins aggregate into filaments that damage neurons. The filaments have a highly ordered core structure. Around this core, molecules such as ubiquitin attach to tau as post‑translational modifications. The study suggests that polyubiquitin may help stabilize these filament structures.
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