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Mutant Atp13a2 proteins involved in parkinsonism are degraded by ER-associated degradation and sensitize cells to ER-stress induced cell death.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Sept 2011
Ugolino Janet, Fang Shengyun, Kubisch Christian, Monteiro Mervyn J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in ATP13A2 (PARK9) have been linked to juvenile parkinsonism with dementia or Kufor-Rakeb syndrome (KRS). The ATP13A2 gene encodes at least three protein isoforms that arise by alternate splicing. A previous study indicated the Atp13a2(Isoform-1) protein is localized to lysosomes, whereas three separate mutations involved in disease cause retention of the protein in the ER. One speculation is that the...
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