3D structure solved for vulnerable region of glaucoma-causing protein

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April 21, 2015

Glaucoma

Basic Research

Grantee

Scientists at Georgia Tech have determined the three-dimensional structure of a key part of a protein that is associated with glaucoma and identified regions of this domain that correlate with severe forms of the disease. The study was featured as the cover story in the April 15 issue of the journal Human Molecular Genetics.