| Literature DB >> 17705291 |
Josephine A Wright1, David R Brown.
Abstract
Parkinson's disease and some other neurodegenerative disorders are associated with a protein that can aggregate and form fibrils called alpha-synuclein. Like many other proteins associated with neurodegenerative disorders, this protein has no known function, and the mechanism by which it could cause diseases is poorly defined. It was recently suggested that it binds copper. This review assesses what is known about alpha-synuclein and its interaction with metals. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 17705291 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21461
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurosci Res ISSN: 0360-4012 Impact factor: 4.164