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The Parkinson Disease gene SNCA: Evolutionary and structural insights with pathological implication.
Scientific reports - 15 Apr 2016
Siddiqui Irum Javaid, Pervaiz Nashaiman, Abbasi Amir Ali
Abstract excerpt
After Alzheimer, Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. Alpha synuclein (SNCA) is deemed as a major component of Lewy bodies, a neuropathological feature of PD. Five point mutations in SNCA have been reported so far, responsible for autosomal dominant PD. This study aims to decipher evolutionary and structural insights of SNCA by revealing its sequence and structural...
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