Autophagy preferentially degrades non-fibrillar polyQ aggregates
Authors Zhao DY, Bäuerlein FJB, Saha I, Hartl FU, Baumeister W, Wilfling F Journal Molecular Cell Citation Mol Cell. 2024 May 16;84(10):1980-1994.e8. Abstract Aggregation of proteins containing expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) repeats is the cytopathologic hallmark of a group of dominantly inherited neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s disease (HD). Huntingtin (Htt), the