supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82272446).
Titin,the largest known protein in nature,is a giant sarcomeric protein that plays essential architectural,developmental,and regulatory roles in striated muscles.Mutations in the TTN gene(MIM:188840)that encodes titin...
supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2021QD126)。
The crystal structure of Ig81 domain confirms that the domain folds into a compactβ-sandwich,but with an evanescent BC-loop at the N-terminus.It is not clear whether the divergent BC-loop has an effect on the stabili...
financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation(32102035);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(CAAS-ASTIP-2020-IFST-03);Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research(S2019RCJC01,S2020JBKY-16).
The degradation of titin could make the myofibrillar fragmentation to improve meat tenderization during postmortem.This study aimed to investigate effect of phosphorylation on titin degradation.Protein kinase A(PKA)an...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016 YFC1300100);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81974042);the Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(2019XK320058);the Peking Union Medical College Youth Fund(No.3332018058).
BACKGROUND Mutation in the titin gene(TTN)in left ventricular noncompaction(LVNC)has been reported with a highly heterogeneous prevalence,and the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of TTN gene mutation a...
supported in part by the Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable Diseases from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED;20314714 to M.M.)
The mdx mouse is a model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD),a fatal progressive muscle wasting disease caused by dystrophin deficiency,and is used most widely in preclinical studies.Mice with dystrophin deficiency,ho...
supported by grants from the Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung(German Center for Cardiovascular Research,DZHK,Germany);the German Ministry of Education and Research(Grant No.FKZ 031L0075B,Ca RNAtion,Germany);the Informatics for Life(Klaus Tschira Foundation,Germany);the Faculty of Medicine of the Leipzig University to MMW;the Dr.Marija Orlovic Stiftung(Grant No.T0395/35973/2020,Germany)to JNB;the European Union(Grant No.FP7 Best Ageing,Europe);supported by an excellence fellowship of the Else Kr?ner Fresenius Foundation(Germany)。
Alternative mRNA splicing is a fundamental process to increase the versatility of the genome.In humans,cardiac mRNA splicing is involved in the pathophysiology of heart failure.Mutations in the splicing factor RNA bin...