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Parkin uses the UPS to ship off dysfunctional mitochondria
10 Jun 2011
Abstract excerpt
Parkin is a ubiquitin E3 ligase that is implicated in familial Parkinson disease (PD). Previous studies have established its role in mitophagy, a pathway whereby dysfunctional mitochondria are targeted for autophagic degradation. We recently reported that a major function of Parkin in dysfunctional mitochondria is to activate the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) for proteolysis of multiple outer membrane...
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