Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

LRRK2 kinase regulates α-synuclein propagation via RAB35 phosphorylation

  • Eun-Jin Bae,
  • Dong-Kyu Kim,
  • Changyoun Kim,
  • Michael Mante,
  • Anthony Adame,
  • Edward Rockenstein,
  • Ayse Ulusoy,
  • Michael Klinkenberg,
  • Ga Ram Jeong,
  • Jae Ryul Bae,
  • Cheolsoon Lee,
  • He-Jin Lee,
  • Byung-Dae Lee,
  • Donato A. Di Monte,
  • Eliezer Masliah,
  • Seung-Jae Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05958-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Mutations in LRRK2 kinase are associated with Parkinson’s disease. Here the authors show that LRRK2 modulates propagation of α-synuclein, using rodent and C. elegans models, and show that this is dependent on phosphorylation of one of its substrates, RAB35.