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Structure of phosphorylated UBL domain and insights into PINK1-orchestrated parkin activation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Jan 2017
Aguirre Jacob D, Dunkerley Karen M, Mercier Pascal, Shaw Gary S
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in PARK2 and PARK6 genes are responsible for the majority of hereditary Parkinson's disease cases. These genes encode the E3 ubiquitin ligase parkin and the protein kinase PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1), respectively. Together, parkin and PINK1 regulate the mitophagy pathway, which recycles damaged mitochondria following oxidative stress. Native parkin is inactive and exists in an autoinhibited state...
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