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The ubiquitin ligase E6-AP promotes degradation of alpha-synuclein.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Sept 2009
Mulherkar Shalaka A, Sharma Jaiprakash, Jana Nihar Ranjan
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder caused mainly because of the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Protein inclusions called Lewy bodies are the most common pathological hallmark of PD and other synucleinopathies. Because the main component of these inclusions is alpha-synuclein, aggregation of this protein is thought to be a key pathogenic event in this disease. In...
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