Several amyloid proteins including α-synuclein (α-syn), Tau, amyloid β (Aβ) protein, and TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) form pathological fibrils and deposit in patient brains of different neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The gene discussed is TARDBP; the disease is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.