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. 2019 Feb 19;8:1–90. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-89315-0_1

Table 1.7.

Ataxins (Atxns; Source: [107, 108]; boat brother of ataxin-1, MJDL Machado–Joseph disease protein-like protein)

Type Function
Atxn1 (SCA1) Chromatin-binding factor repressing notch signaling (CBF1 corepressor)
Atxn1L (boat) Also named chromatin-binding repressor of notch cooperating with Atxn1
Atxn2 (SCA2) Inhibition of EGFR internalization
Atxn2L Regulation of stress granule and P-body formation
Atxn3 (SCA3) Deubiquitinase of proteostasis maintenance
(MJD1) Involved in gene transcription, cytoskeleton regulation, and myogenesis
Atnx3L (MJD1L) Deubiquitinase
Atxn7 (SCA7) Component of the deubiquitination module of the SAGA histone acetyltransferase and deubiquitinase complex
Histone remodeling for transcriptional regulation
Atxn7L1 (Atxn7L4), Atxn7L2: undetermined role
Atxn7L3 Component of the transcriptional regulatory SAGA complex
Atxn8 ND
(SCA8, P1c2)
Atxn10 (SCA10) Survival of cerebellar neurons

Expansion of the polyglutamine sequence in ataxins provokes spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)