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Semisynthetic and in Vitro Phosphorylation of Alpha-Synuclein at Y39 Promotes Functional Partly Helical Membrane-Bound States Resembling Those Induced by PD Mutations.
ACS chemical biology - 16 Sept 2016
Dikiy Igor, Fauvet Bruno, Jovičić Ana, Mahul-Mellier Anne-Laure, Desobry Carole, El-Turk Farah, Gitler Aaron D, Lashuel Hilal A, Eliezer David
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-synuclein is a presynaptic protein of poorly understood function that is linked to both genetic and sporadic forms of Parkinson's disease. We have proposed that alpha-synuclein may function specifically at synaptic vesicles docked at the plasma membrane, and that the broken-helix state of the protein, comprising two antiparallel membrane-bound helices connected by a nonhelical linker, may target the protein...
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