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ArticleCell2021

Structural analysis of the full-length human LRRK2.

Alexander Myasnikov, Hanwen Zhu, Patricia Hixson, Boer Xie, Kaiwen Yu, Aaron Pitre, Junmin Peng, Ji Sun

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Article in Cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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115citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

115 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 194 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Chemical Genetic Targeting of the LRRK2 GTPase Domain.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  7. LRRK2: Molecular Mechanisms in Parkinson's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  11. Ex Vivo LRRK2 Activation in Asian G2385R and R1628P Variant Carriers and Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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  12. Large-scale functional annotation establishes a reference framework for humanmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  14. The structural basis for LRRK2's activation and autoinhibition.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  16. Elucidating the molecular interplay between LRRK2 and Rab GTPases.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander MyasnikovDepartment of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Cryo-EM and Tomography Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Hanwen ZhuDepartment of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Patricia HixsonDepartment of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Boer XieCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Kaiwen YuDepartment of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Aaron PitreCell & Tissue Imaging Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Junmin PengDepartment of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Ji SunDepartment of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. Electronic address: ji.sun@stjude.org.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

ENNCF - Viral Vector CoreP30NS055077 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SEYFRIED, NICHOLAS THOMAS · 2008 to 2018
$6.8M
Multi-level Integrative Proteomics to Alzheimer's Disease PathwaysR01AG053987 · NIA · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI PENG, JUNMIN · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
Structural and Pharmacological Study of the KCNQ1/KCNE1 Potassium Channel ComplexR00HL143037 · NHLBI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI SUN, JI · 2020 to 2022
$747k
Structural and Pharmacological Study of the KCNQ1/KCNE1 Potassium Channel ComplexK99HL143037 · NHLBI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI SUN, JI · 2018 to 2019
$246k
NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL143037NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL143037NIA NIH HHS R01 AG053987NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS055077
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are commonly implicated in the pathogenesis of both familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). LRRK2 regulates critical cellular processes at membranous organelles and forms microtubule-based pathogenic filaments, yet the molecular basis underlying these biological roles of LRRK2 remains largely enigmatic. Here, we determined high-resolution structures of full-length human LRRK2, revealing its architecture and key interdomain scaffolding elements for rationalizing disease-causing mutations. The kinase domain of LRRK2 is captured in an inactive state, a conformation also adopted by the most common PD-associated mutation, LRRK2

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceHEK293 CellsHumansLeucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2Models, MolecularProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, SecondaryLeucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2LRRK2 protein, humankinaseLRRK2LRRK2 dimerLRRK2 mutationsParkinson's disease

Identifiers

PMID34107286
PMCPMC8887629
OpenAlexW3171048111

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