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Calpain-resistant fragment(s) of alpha-synuclein regulates the synuclein-cleaving activity of 20S proteasome.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Nov 2006
Kim Hyun Jin, Lee Daekyun, Lee Choong-Hwan, Chung Kwang Chul, Kim Jongsun, Paik Seung R
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-synuclein is a pathological component of Parkinson's disease by participating in Lewy body formation. Imbalance in protein turnover could result in the abnormal protein aggregation responsible for eventual neuronal cell death. This in vitro digestion study showed that both m-calpain and 20S...
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