| Type: | Domain | Name: | LsmAD domain |
| Description: | This entry represents a conserved region approximately 250 residues long located on eukaryotic ataxin-2 []. Ataxin-2 is a protein of unknown function, within which expansion of a polyglutamine tract (due to expansion of unstable CAG repeats in the coding region of the SCA2 gene) causes spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), a late-onset neurodegenerative disorder []. The expanded polyglutamine repeat in ataxin-2 causes disruption of the normal morphology of the Golgi complex and increased incidence of cell death []. Ataxin-2 is predicted to consist of mostly non-globular domains []. | Short Name: | LsmAD_domain |
