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Engineered disulfide bonds restore chaperone-like function of DJ-1 mutants linked to familial Parkinson's disease.
Biochemistry - 13 Jul 2010
Logan Todd, Clark Lindsay, Ray Soumya S
Abstract excerpt
Loss-of-function mutations such as L166P, A104T, and M26I in the DJ-1 gene (PARK7) have been linked to autosomal-recessive early onset Parkinson's disease (PD). Cellular and structural studies of the familial mutants suggest that these mutations may destabilize the dimeric structure. To look for common dynamical signatures among the DJ-1 mutants, short MD simulations of up to 1000 ps were conducted to identify...
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