| Literature DB >> 26965687 |
David N Hauser1, Christopher T Primiani1, Mark R Cookson2.
Abstract
Early onset Parkinson's disease can be caused by variants in the PINK1, Parkin, and DJ-1 genes. Since their initial discoveries, hundreds of variants have been found in these genes that are associated with a Parkinsonian phenotype. This review will briefly discuss the functions of the protein products of the three genes, then focus on the effects that disease associated variants have on these functions. We will also discuss how experimental findings can help decide whether individual variants are pathogenic or not. Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.org.Entities:
Keywords: DJ-1; PINK1; Variants; parkin; pathogenicity; phenotype
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Year: 2017 PMID: 26965687 PMCID: PMC5140758 DOI: 10.2174/1389203717666160311121954
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Protein Pept Sci ISSN: 1389-2037 Impact factor: 3.272