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ArticleThe EMBO journal2011

Autoregulation of Parkin activity through its ubiquitin-like domain.

Viduth K Chaugule, Lynn Burchell, Kathryn R Barber, Ateesh Sidhu, Simon J Leslie, Gary S Shaw, Helen Walden

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 207 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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207 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 347 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Viduth K ChauguleProtein Structure and Function Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, UK.
Lynn Burchell
Kathryn R Barber
Ateesh Sidhu
Simon J Leslie
Gary S Shaw
Helen Walden
Cancer Research UK · GBWestern University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchCancer Research UK
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkin is an E3-ubiquitin ligase belonging to the RBR (RING-InBetweenRING-RING family), and is involved in the neurodegenerative disorder Parkinson's disease. Autosomal recessive juvenile Parkinsonism, which is one of the most common familial forms of the disease, is directly linked to mutations in the parkin gene. However, the molecular mechanisms of Parkin dysfunction in the disease state remain to be established. We now demonstrate that the ubiquitin-like domain of Parkin functions to inhibit its autoubiquitination. Moreover pathogenic Parkin mutations disrupt this autoinhibition, resulting in a constitutively active molecule. In addition, we show that the mechanism of autoregulation involves ubiquitin binding by a C-terminal region of Parkin. Our observations provide important molecular insights into the underlying basis of Parkinson's disease, and in the regulation of RBR E3-ligase activity.

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Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicAmino Acid SequenceHomeostasisHumansMolecular Sequence DataMutationParkinson DiseasePeptide FragmentsProtein ConformationSequence Homology, Amino AcidUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein Ligasesparkin proteinPeptide FragmentsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID21694720
PMCPMC3160258
OpenAlexW2113440807

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