The mitochondrial processing peptidase regulates PINK1 processing, import, and Parkin recruitment

Mutations in PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) cause recessively-inherited Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder thought to involve mitochondrial defects. The PINK1 protein is imported into healthy mitochondria and rapidly degraded, but accumulates at the surface of mitochondria fo...

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Main Author: Greene, Andrew
Other Authors: Edward A Fon (Internal/Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2012
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106415