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ArticleiScience2022

Discovery of small-molecule positive allosteric modulators of Parkin E3 ligase.

Evgeny Shlevkov, Paramasivam Murugan, Dan Montagna, Eric Stefan, Adelajda Hadzipasic, James S Harvey, P Rajesh Kumar, Sonya Entova, Nupur Bansal, Shari Bickford and 4 more

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Article in iScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Species-dependent activities of the PINK1-parkin axis.Translational neurodegeneration · 2026
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  6. Neural cell state modulation bybioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  7. Function and regulation of the mitochondrial stress response.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  17. Targeting mitophagy in neurodegenerative diseases.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2025
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  19. Activation of parkin by a molecular glue.Nature communications · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Evgeny ShlevkovNeurodegenerative Disease Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Paramasivam MuruganBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Dan MontagnaNeurodegenerative Disease Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Eric StefanBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Adelajda HadzipasicBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
James S HarveyBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
P Rajesh KumarBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Sonya EntovaBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Nupur BansalBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Shari BickfordBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Lai-Yee WongBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Warren D HirstNeurodegenerative Disease Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Andreas WeihofenNeurodegenerative Disease Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Laura F SilvianBiotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Biogen (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmacological activation of the E3 ligase Parkin represents a rational therapeutic intervention for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Here we identify several compounds that enhance the activity of wildtype Parkin in the presence of phospho-ubiquitin and act as positive allosteric modulators (PAMs). While these compounds activate Parkin in a series of biochemical assays, they do not act by thermally destabilizing Parkin and fail to enhance the Parkin translocation rate to mitochondria or to enact mitophagy in cell-based assays. We conclude that in the context of the cellular milieu the therapeutic window to pharmacologically activate Parkin is very narrow.

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PMID35024585
PMCPMC8733272
OpenAlexW4200139356

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