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Mutations in SOD1 cause familial Amyotrophic Sclerosis (ALS). A4V leads to most aggressive forms of disease, as it destabilizes the N-terminus, perturbs folding energetics and promotes toxic aggregation.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/casian-veselin/homework/week-05-hw-protein-design-ii/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>