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Biochemical properties of the kinase PINK1 as sensor protein for mitochondrial damage signalling.
Biochemical Society transactions - 1 Apr 2015
Rüb Cornelia, Schröder Nadja, Voos Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Defects of mitochondrial functions have been implicated in many different human diseases, in particular neurodegenerative diseases. The kinase PINK1 [phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN)-induced kinase 1] has been identified as a crucial player in a specific damage signalling pathway, eliminating defective mitochondria by an autophagic process. Mutations in PINK1 have been shown to cause familial cases of...
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