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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
47
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
Loss of parkin function is linked to autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism. Here we show that proteotoxic stress and short C-terminal truncations induce misfolding of parkin. As a consequence, wild-type parkin was depleted from a high molecular weight complex and inactivated by aggregation. Similarly, the pathogenic parkin mutant W453Stop, characterized by a C-terminal deletion of 13 amino acids, spontaneously adopted a misfolded conformation. Mutational analysis indicated that C-terminal truncations exceeding 3 amino acids abolished formation of detergent-soluble parkin. In the cytosol scattered aggregates of misfolded parkin contained the molecular chaperone Hsp70. Moreover, increased expression of chaperones prevented aggregation of wild-type parkin and promoted folding of the W453Stop mutant. Analyzing parkin folding in vitro indicated that parkin is aggregation-prone and that its folding is dependent on chaperones. Our study demonstrates that C-terminal truncations impede parkin folding and reveal a new mechanism for inactivation of parkin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47199-208
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Inactivation of parkin by oxidative stress and C-terminal truncations: a protective role of molecular chaperones.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany. winklhof@biochem.mpg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't