Alterations in the solubility and intracellular localization of parkin by several familial Parkinson's disease‐linked point mutations

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Mutations in the parkin gene, which encodes a ubiquitin ligase, are currently recognized as the main contributor to familial forms of Parkinson's disease (PD). A simple assumption about the effects of PD-linked mutations in parkin is that they impair or ablate the enzyme activity. However, a number of recent studies, including ours, have indicated that many disease-linked point mutants of parkin retain...

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