PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 16835262-1 2006 Mutations resulting in the expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the protein ataxin-2 give rise to the neurodegenerative disorders spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 and Parkinson"s disease. polyglutamine 42-55 Ataxin-2 Drosophila melanogaster 77-85 16835262-2 2006 The normal cellular function of ataxin-2 and the mechanism by which polyglutamine expansion of ataxin-2 causes neurodegeneration are unknown. polyglutamine 68-81 Ataxin-2 Drosophila melanogaster 95-103 16835262-8 2006 Our results raise the possibility that polyglutamine expansions within ataxin-2 cause neurodegeneration by interfering with the translational regulation of particular mRNAs. polyglutamine 39-52 Ataxin-2 Drosophila melanogaster 71-79