Publications by Ramanath Narayana Hegde

A NAC domain mutation (E83Q) unlocks the pathogenicity of human alpha-synuclein and recapitulates its pathological diversity

Hilal Lashuel, Anne-Laure Mahul Mellier, Sonia Donzelli, Ramanath Narayana Hegde, Pedro José Santana Ribeiro Magalhães

The alpha-synuclein mutation E83Q, the first in the NAC domain of the protein, was recently identified in a patient with dementia with Lewy bodies. We investigated the effects of this mutation on the aggregation of aSyn monomers and the structure, morpholo ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2022

Revisiting the specificity and ability of phospho-S129 antibodies to capture alpha-synuclein biochemical and pathological diversity

Hilal Lashuel, Nicolas Jean Philippe Guex, Christian Iseli, Anne-Laure Mahul Mellier, Jonathan Jean-Pierre Ricci, Yllza Jasiqi, Anass Chiki, Sean Michael Deguire, Ritwik Burai, Melek Firat Altay

Antibodies against phosphorylated alpha-synuclein (aSyn) at 5129 have emerged as the primary tools to investigate, monitor, and quantify aSyn pathology in the brain and peripheral tissues of patients with Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative dis ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

TBK1 phosphorylates mutant Huntingtin and suppresses its aggregation and toxicity in Huntington's disease models

Johan Auwerx, Hilal Lashuel, Laurent Mouchiroud, Anass Chiki, Lara Petricca, Ramanath Narayana Hegde

Phosphorylation of the N‐terminal domain of the huntingtin (HTT ) protein has emerged as an important regulator of its localization, structure, aggregation, clearance and toxicity. However, validation of the effect of bona fide phosphorylation in vivo and ...

2020

Site-Specific Phosphorylation of Huntingtin Exon 1 Recombinant Proteins Enabled by the Discovery of Novel Kinases

Hilal Lashuel, Luciano Andres Abriata, Jonathan Jean-Pierre Ricci, Anass Chiki, Andreas Reif, Ramanath Narayana Hegde, Driss Boudeffa

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) within the first 17 amino acids (Nt17) of exon 1 of the Huntingtin protein (Httex1) play important roles in modulating its cellular properties and functions in health and disease. In particular, phosphorylation of th ...

2020