Parkin promotes degradation of the mitochondrial pro-apoptotic ARTS protein.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with excessive cell death causing selective loss of dopaminergic neurons. Dysfunction of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) is associated with the pathophysiology of PD. Mutations in Parkin which impair its E3-ligase activity play a major role in the pa...

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Main Authors: Stav Kemeny, Dikla Dery, Yelena Loboda, Marshall Rovner, Tali Lev, Dotan Zuri, John P M Finberg, Sarit Larisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22792159/?tool=EBI