Molecular mechanisms underlying the prevention of autoimmunity by Roquin revealed
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 09:20
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) and the Technische Universität München (TUM) have moved an important step closer to understanding molecular mechanisms of autoimmune diseases. They solved the three-dimensional structure of the Roquin protein when bound to messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) molecules. The results revealed that there is a much wider range of functionally important Roquin binding partners than previously assumed. The novel findings are published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.