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Interaction between Copper Chaperone Atox1 and Parkinson’s Disease Protein α-Synuclein Includes Metal-Binding Sites and Occurs in Living Cells
10 Oct 2019
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Alterations in copper ion homeostasis appear coupled to neurodegenerative disorders, but mechanisms are unknown. The cytoplasmic copper chaperone Atox1 was recently found to inhibit amyloid formation in vitro of α-synuclein, the amyloidogenic protein in Parkinson's disease. As α-synuclein may have copper-dependent functions, and free copper ions promote α-synuclein amyloid formation, it is important to...
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