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ArticleCell death and differentiation2012

Phosphorylation of HtrA2 by cyclin-dependent kinase-5 is important for mitochondrial function.

J C Fitzgerald, M D Camprubi, L Dunn, H-C Wu, N Y Ip, R Kruger, L M Martins, N W Wood, H Plun-Favreau

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Article in Cell death and differentiation, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Mitochondrial serine protease HTRA2 p.G399S in a kindred with essential tremor and Parkinson disease.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

J C FitzgeraldDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
M D Camprubi
L Dunn
H-C Wu
N Y Ip
R Kruger
L M Martins
N W Wood
H Plun-Favreau
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBUniversity College London · GBGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEHong Kong University of Science and Technology · HKMRC Toxicology Unit · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400000Medical Research Council G0601943Medical Research Council G0700183Medical Research Council G0700183(82374)Medical Research Council MC_G1000735Medical Research Council MC_U132674518Parkinson's UK G-0612Parkinson's UK H-1006Wellcome Trust 089698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of the serine protease HtrA2 in neuroprotection was initially identified by the demonstration of neurodegeneration in mice lacking HtrA2 expression or function, and the interesting finding that mutations adjacent to two putative phosphorylation sites (S142 and S400) have been found in Parkinson's disease patients. However, the mechanism of this neuroprotection and the signalling pathways associated with it remain mostly unknown. Here we report that cyclin-dependent kinase-5 (Cdk5), a kinase implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases, is responsible for phosphorylating HtrA2 at S400. HtrA2 and Cdk5 interact in human and mouse cell lines and brain, and Cdk5 phosphorylates S400 on HtrA2 in a p38-dependent manner. Phosphorylation of HtrA2 at S400 is involved in maintaining mitochondrial membrane potential under stress conditions and is important for mitochondrial function, conferring cells protection against cellular stress.

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AnimalsCyclin-Dependent Kinase 5CytosolHigh-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2HumansMiceMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsPhosphorylationPhosphoserineProtein BindingProtein TransportSerine EndopeptidasesCyclin-Dependent Kinase 5High-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2HTRA2 protein, humanHtra2 protein, mouseMitochondrial ProteinsPhosphoserineSerine Endopeptidases

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PMID21701498
PMCPMC3191116
OpenAlexW2061850336

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