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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2024

PRKN-linked familial Parkinson's disease: cellular and molecular mechanisms of disease-linked variants.

Lene Clausen, Justyna Okarmus, Vasileios Voutsinos, Morten Meyer, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Rasmus Hartmann-Petersen

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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  1. Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award to Michael J. Fox: The challenge of Parkinson's disease.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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6 authors.

Lene ClausenDepartment of Biology, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Justyna OkarmusDepartment of Neurobiology Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense, Denmark.
Vasileios VoutsinosDepartment of Biology, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Morten MeyerDepartment of Neurobiology Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense, Denmark.
Kresten Lindorff-LarsenDepartment of Biology, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rasmus Hartmann-PetersenDepartment of Biology, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark. rhpetersen@bio.ku.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-7791

Funding

Lundbeck Foundation R249-2017-510Natur og Univers, Det Frie Forskningsråd 10.46540/2032-00007BNovo Nordisk Fonden PRISM
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common and incurable neurodegenerative disorder that arises from the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and is mainly characterized by progressive loss of motor function. Monogenic familial PD is associated with highly penetrant variants in specific genes, notably the PRKN gene, where homozygous or compound heterozygous loss-of-function variants predominate. PRKN encodes Parkin, an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase important for protein ubiquitination and mitophagy of damaged mitochondria. Accordingly, Parkin plays a central role in mitochondrial quality control but is itself also subject to a strict protein quality control system that rapidly eliminates certain disease-linked Parkin variants. Here, we summarize the cellular and molecular functions of Parkin, highlighting the various mechanisms by which PRKN gene variants result in loss-of-function. We emphasize the importance of high-throughput assays and computational tools for the clinical classification of PRKN gene variants and how detailed insights into the pathogenic mechanisms of PRKN gene variants may impact the development of personalized therapeutics.

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Parkinson DiseaseUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAnimalsHumansMitochondriaMitophagyUbiquitinationparkin proteinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAR-JPDMSMAVEMitochondriaPARK2Parkinson’s diseasePRKNProteasomeProtein degradationProtein foldingProtein quality controlProtein stabilityUbiquitinVUS

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PMCPMC11106057

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