Mutations in PINK1 and Parkin Impair Ubiquitination of Mitofusins in Human Fibroblasts

PINK1 and Parkin mutations cause recessive Parkinson's disease (PD). In Drosophila and SH-SY5Y cells, Parkin is recruited by PINK1 to damaged mitochondria, where it ubiquitinates Mitofusins and consequently promotes mitochondrial fission and mitophagy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rakovic, Aleksandar, Grünewald, Anne, Kottwitz, Jan, Brüggemann, Norbert, Pramstaller, Peter P., Lohmann, Katja, Klein, Christine
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050809/