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The yeast complex I equivalent NADH dehydrogenase rescues pink1 mutants.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Vilain Sven, Esposito Giovanni, Haddad Dominik, Schaap Onno, Dobreva Mariya P, Vos Melissa, Van Meensel Stefanie, Morais Vanessa A, De Strooper Bart, Verstreken Patrik
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Pink1 is a mitochondrial kinase involved in Parkinson's disease, and loss of Pink1 function affects mitochondrial morphology via a pathway involving Parkin and components of the mitochondrial remodeling machinery. Pink1 loss also affects the enzymatic activity of isolated Complex I of the electron transport chain (ETC); however, the primary defect in pink1 mutants is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that ETC...
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